Are core component processes of executive function dissociable within the frontal lobes? Evidence from humans with focal prefrontal damage

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1790-1800

  Tsuchida, Ami ^a   Fellows, Lesley K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive function; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX DAMAGE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84879462561     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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