Dorsolateral prefrontal contributions to human intelligence

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1361-1369

  Barbey, Aron K ^a   Colom, Roberto ^b   Grafman, Jordan ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive function; General intelligence; Lesion evidence; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCORING SYSTEM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VETERANS;

EID: 84878497799     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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