Multiple effects of prefrontal lesions on task-switching

Multiple effects of prefrontal lesions on task-switching

This study examined the performance of 41 patients with focal prefrontal cortical lesions and 38 healthy controls on a task-switching procedure. Three different conditions were evaluated: single tasks without switches and two switching tasks with the currently relevant task signalled either 1500 ms...

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Main Authors: Tim Shallice, Donald T Stuss, Terence W Picton, Michael P Alexander, Susan Gillingham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2008-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Reaction Time
task-switching
frontal lobes
Errors
anterior attentional system
focal lesions
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.002.2007/full

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