Methodology of frontal and executive function
This volume reflects the pressure to develop useful models and methodologies to study executive behaviour - the ability to update information in working memory in order to control selective attention to formulate plans of action and to monitor their efficient execution. Many models are based on the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hove, Sussex :
Psychology Press
1997.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798500006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Methodologies and Models in the Study of Executive Function; Cognitive Models of Ageing and Frontal Lobe Deficits; Testing Central Executive Functioning with a Pencil-and-paper Test; Theory and Methodology in Executive Function Research; Ageing and Executive Functions: A Neuroimaging Perspective; Sustained Attention and the Frontal Lobes; How Specific are the Memory and Other Cognitive Deficits Caused by Frontal Lobe Lesions?; Normal Age-related Memory Loss and its Relation to Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
- Do ~Frontal Tests~ Measure Executive Function?: Issues of Assessment and Evidence from Fluency TestsA Neural Systems Approach to the Cognitive Psychology of Ageing Using the CANTAB Battery; Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome; Author Index; Subject Index
