The role of learned irrelevance in attentional set-shifting impairments in Parkinson's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-588

  Slabosz, Aleksandra ^a,b   Lewis, Simon J G ^c,d   Smigasiewicz, Kamila ^b   Szymura, Blazej ^b   Barker, Roger A ^c,d   Owen, Adrian M ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dopamine; Executive function; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ATTENTION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEVODOPA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 33748493582     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.5.578     Document Type: Article

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