Binary choice in patients with prefrontal or posterior brain damage. A relative judgement theory analysis

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1029-1038

  Godefroy, Olivier ^a,b   Rousseaux, Marc ^a  

^a Dept of Neurological Rehabilitation ^*  (France)

^b Serv de Reeducation Neurologique   (France)

Author keywords

Choice reaction time; Decision process; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030272055     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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