Caudate nucleus and social cognition: Neuropsychological and SPECT evidence from a patient with focal caudate lesion

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-571

  Kemp, Jennifer ^a   Berthel, Marie Camille ^b   Dufour, André ^a   Després, Olivier ^a   Henry, Audrey ^c   Namer, Izzie J ^a,d   Musacchio, Mariano ^b   Sellal, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Association pour le Depistage du Cancer Colorectal en Alsace   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Caudate nucleus; Emotion; Social cognition; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; THEORY OF MIND; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84875279722     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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