Is the prefrontal cortex necessary for delay task performance? Evidence from lesion and fMRI data

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-260

  D'Esposito, Mark ^a   Cooney, Jeffrey W ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a   Gibbs, Sasha E B ^a   Postle, Bradley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Delayed recall task; Delayed recognition task; fMRI; Frontal lobe; Short term memory; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645068840     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060322     Document Type: Article

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