A simple hypothesis of executive function

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Kopp, Bruno ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Executive function; Frontal lobes; Hierarchical mental model; Inversion problem; Test operation test exit (TOTE)

Indexed keywords

APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HIERARCHICAL MENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEST OPERATE TEST EXIT;

EID: 84864260085     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00159     Document Type: Article

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