Hierarchical cognitive control deficits following damage to the human frontal lobe

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-522

  Badre, David ^a   Hoffman, Joshua ^b   Cooney, Jeffrey W ^b   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 63649111959     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2277     Document Type: Article

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