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SUBMITTER: Roca M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801324 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roca María M Parr Alice A Thompson Russell R Woolgar Alexandra A Torralva Teresa T Antoun Nagui N Manes Facundo F Duncan John J
Brain : a journal of neurology 20091110 Pt 1
Many tests of specific 'executive functions' show deficits after frontal lobe lesions. These deficits appear on a background of reduced fluid intelligence, best measured with tests of novel problem solving. For a range of specific executive tests, we ask how far frontal deficits can be explained by a general fluid intelligence loss. For some widely used tests, e.g. Wisconsin Card Sorting, we find that fluid intelligence entirely explains frontal deficits. When patients and controls are matched o ...[more]