Poor creativity in frontotemporal dementia: A window into the neural bases of the creative mind

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3733-3742

  De Souza, Leonardo Cruz ^a,b,c   Volle, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c,d   Bertoux, Maxime ^a,b,c   Czernecki, Virginie ^a,b,c   Funkiewiez, Aurélie ^a,b,e   Allali, Gilles ^a,b,c,f   Leroy, Baptiste ^a,b,c   Sarazin, Marie ^a,b,c   Habert, Marie Odile ^e   Dubois, Bruno ^a,b,c,e   Kas, Aurélie ^e   Levy, Richard ^a,b,c,g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Creativity; Executive functions; Frontal cortex; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATIVENESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78149407407     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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