Only spontaneous counterfactual thinking is impaired in patients with prefrontal cortex lesions

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 723-726

  Beldarrain, Marian Gomez ^a   Garcia Monco, J Carlos ^a   Astigarraga, Elena ^a   Gonzalez, Ainara ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thoughts; Emotional state; Executive function; Personality traits; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERSONALITY TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23644459683     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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