Let's Inhibit Our Excitement: The Relationships Between Stroop, Behavioral Disinhibition, and the Frontal Lobes

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 655-665

  Heflin, Lara H ^a   Laluz, Victor ^a   Jang, Jung ^a   Ketelle, Robin ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a   Kramer, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinhibition; Frontal; MRI; Neuropsychological; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 80052213883     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023863     Document Type: Article

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