Problem-solving in real-life-type situations: The effects of anterior and posterior lesions on performance

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 757-770

  Channon, Shelley ^a   Crawford, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Dysexecutive; Executive functions; Frontal lobes; Prefrontal cortex; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0032989695     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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