Dissociation of social cognition and executive function in frontal variant frontotemporal dementia

Neurocase

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-130

  Lough, Sinclair ^a   Gregory, Carol ^a   Hodges, John R ^b  

^a FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Executive function; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034999188     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/7.2.123     Document Type: Review

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