Domain-specific impairment in metacognitive accuracy following anterior prefrontal lesions

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2811-2822

  Fleming, Stephen M ^a,b   Ryu, Jihye ^a,c   Golfinos, John G ^d   Blackmon, Karen E ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Consciousness; Neuropsychology; Prefrontal cortex; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METACOGNITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; WRITING; ALGORITHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; CONSCIOUSNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84908374371     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu221     Document Type: Article

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