Systematic review: Are overweight and obese individuals impaired on behavioural tasks of executive functioning?

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-156

  Fitzpatrick, Sian ^a   Gilbert, Sam ^b   Serpell, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Executive function; Frontal lobes; Obesity; Planning; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84878878190     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-013-9224-7     Document Type: Review

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