Dissociating executive mechanisms of task control following frontal lobe damage and Parkinson's disease.

Twelve patients with focal damage of the frontal cortex and 12 patients with mild, medicated, early stage Parkinson's disease switched between letter- and digit=naming tasks on every second trial of a task-switching paradigm. Compared with age- and IQ-matched control performance, patients with...

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Main Authors: Rogers, R, Sahakian, B, Hodges, JR, Polkey, C, Kennard, C, Robbins, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998