A case for conflict across multiple domains: Memory and language impairments following damage to ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-567

  Novick, Jared M ^a,b   Kan, Irene P ^a,c   Trueswell, John C ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity resolution; Broca's area; Conflict resolution and cognitive control; Language processing; Left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949388918     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290903519367     Document Type: Article

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