The Flip Side of Distractibility—Executive Dysfunction in Functional Movement Disorders

Attention plays a crucial role in functional neurological disorders. Attention to the symptoms leads to their exacerbation and distraction to their improvement or even transitory disappearance.Objective: The aim was to test if the alerting, orienting and particularly the executive aspect of attentio...

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Main Authors: Anne-Catherine M. L. Huys, Kailash P. Bhatia, Mark J. Edwards, Patrick Haggard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00969/full