Is there a recovery of decision-making function after frontal lobe damage? A study using alternative versions of the Iowa Gambling Task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 518-529

  Xiao, Lin ^a   Wood, Samantha M W ^a   Denburg, Natalie L ^b   Moreno, Georgina L ^b   Hernandez, Michael ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Functional recovery; Iowa Gambling Task; Practice effects; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879313560     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.789484     Document Type: Article

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