Intelligence and the frontal lobe: The organization of goal-directed behavior

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-303

  Duncan, John ^a   Emslie, Hazel ^a   Williams, Phyllis ^a   Johnson, Roger ^b   Freer, Charles ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030164133     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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