Real-life-type problem solving in Tourette syndrome

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-15

  Channon, Shelley ^a,b   Crawford, Sarah ^a   Vakili, Kian ^a   Robertson, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Subdept of Clin Hlth Psychol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Frontal lobes; Reasoning; Social problem solving; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0038149400     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00146965-200303000-00002     Document Type: Article

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