The effects of anterior lesions on performance on a story comprehension test: Left anterior impairment on a theory of mind-type task

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1006-1017

  Channon, Shelley ^a   Crawford, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Executive function; Frontal lobes; Prefrontal cortex; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034032691     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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