Stroop performance in focal lesion patients: Dissociation of processes and frontal lobe lesion location

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 771-786

  Stuss, D T ^a   Floden, D ^a   Alexander, M P ^b   Levine, B ^c   Katz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain behavior relations; Focal lesion; Frontal lobes; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035016521     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(01)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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