Is the frontal dysexecutive syndrome due to a working memory deficit? Evidence from patients with stroke

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2192-2201

  Roussel, Martine ^a   Dujardin, Kathy ^b   Hénon, Hilde ^b   Godefroy, Olivier ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Executive functions; Frontal lobe; Ischaemic stroke; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84863193241     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws132     Document Type: Article

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