Impairments in proverb interpretation following focal frontal lobe lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2075-2086

  Murphy, Patrick ^a   Shallice, Tim ^b,c   Robinson, Gail ^a,d   MacPherson, Sarah E ^a,e   Turner, Martha ^a,b   Woollett, Katherine ^a,b   Bozzali, Marco ^g   Cipolotti, Lisa ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fluid intelligence; PFC; Proverbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL FRONTAL LOBE LESION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROVERB INTERPRETATION TASK; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FLUID INTELLIGENCE; PFC; PROVERBS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84882739402     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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