The neuropsychology of executive behavior: Performance of normal individuals on the Tower of London and Wisconsin Card Sorting tests;Contribuição à neuropsicologia do comportamento executivo: Torre de Londres e Teste de Wisconsin em indivíduos normais

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 3 A, 2001, Pages 526-531

  De Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^a,b   De Azevedo Ignácio, Fátima ^a   Cunha, Fernando Cimini R ^a   Gusmão De Oliveira, Dayse L ^a   Moll, Jorge ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Executive behavior; Frontal lobes; Tower of London; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035462259     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000400008     Document Type: Article

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