Is impairment in set-shifting specific to frontal-lobe dysfunction? Evidence from patients with frontal-lobe or temporal-lobe epilepsy

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-481

  McDonald, Carrie R ^a,b   Delis, Dean C ^a,b   Norman, Marc A ^b   Tecoma, Evelyn S ^a,c   Iragui Madoz, Vicente J ^a,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Delis Kaplan Executive Function System; Executive dysfunction; Frontal lobes; Seizure disorder; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 23844482770     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617705050484     Document Type: Article

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