Control functions of the frontal lobes. Modularity of the central-supervisory system?

Cortex

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Godefroy, Olivier ^a   Cabaret, Maryline ^b   Petit Chenal, Violaine ^b   Pruvo, Jean Pierre ^b   Rousseaux, Marc ^b  

^a Service de Neurologie B   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Control processes; Executive functions; Frontal lobe; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033050619     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70782-2     Document Type: Article

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