Impaired behavior on real-world tasks following damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-332

  Tranel, Daniel ^a,b   Hathaway Nepple, Julie ^a   Anderson, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247176151     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390600701376     Document Type: Article

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