Random motor generation in a finger tapping task: Influence of spatial contingency and of cortical and subcortical hemispheric brain lesions

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 654-659

  Annoni, Jean Marie ^a   Pegna, Alan J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Frontal lobe; Perseverations; Random generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030703132     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.5.654     Document Type: Article

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