Better without (lateral) frontal cortex? Insight problems solved by frontal patients

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2882-2890

  Reverberi, Carlo ^a,b   Toraldo, Alessio ^c   D'Agostini, Serena ^d   Skrap, Miran ^d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Frontal cortex; Insight, problem solving; Thinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28544438311     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh577     Document Type: Article

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