An integrative architecture for general intelligence and executive function revealed by lesion mapping

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1154-1164

  Barbey, Aron K ^a   Colom, Roberto ^b   Solomon, Jeffrey ^c   Krueger, Frank ^d   Forbes, Chad ^e   Grafman, Jordan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Medical Numerics   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

executive function; fronto parietal network; general intelligence; voxel based lesion symptom mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84860195506     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws021     Document Type: Article

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