Attentional set-shifting across species

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 363-395

  Brown, Verity J ^a   Tait, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Affective disorder; Attention set shifting; Cognitive flexibility; Neurodegenerative disease; Prefrontal cortex; Reversal learning; Schizophrenia; Wisconsin card sorting test

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84988564556     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_5002     Document Type: Chapter

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