Working memory after severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 770-780

  Vallat Azouvi, Claire ^a,b,d   Weber, Thomas ^a,c   Legrand, Ludovic ^a,c   Azouvi, Philippe ^b,c,d  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Central executive; Divided attention; Executive functions; Head injury; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34548119455     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707070993     Document Type: Article

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