Frontal stroke: Problem solving, decision making, impulsiveness, and depressive symptoms in men and women

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Scheffer, Morgana ^a   Monteiro, Janine Kieling ^a   de Almeida, Rosa Maria Martins ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Executive function; Frontal stroke; Inhibition; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRAT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 83455259993     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2011.2.012     Document Type: Article

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