Rehabilitation of executive functioning in patients with frontal lobe brain damage with goal management training

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Levine, Brian ^a,b,c   Schweizer, Tom A ^c,d   O'Connor, Charlene ^a,b   Turner, Gary ^b,e   Gillingham, Susan ^a   Stuss, Donald T ^a,b,c   Manly, Tom ^f   Robertson, Ian H ^g  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Frontal lobe; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GOAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958832905     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00009     Document Type: Article

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