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Frontal subregions mediating Elevator Counting task performance.
Lisa CipolottiMartha S. TurnerMarco BozzaliTim ShalliceTim ShalliceSarah E. Macphersonsubject
AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyTest of everyday attentionFrontal lobesCognitive Neurosciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyNeuropsychological TestsAudiologyBrief CommunicationElevator Counting taskbehavioral disciplines and activitiesStatistics NonparametricCentral nervous system diseasefrontal lobe frontal patients Elevator Counting taskBehavioral NeuroscienceTest of Everyday AttentionmedicineHumansAttentionmedia_commonAnalysis of VarianceBrain DiseasesSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaCognitionMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSustained attentionFrontal LobeLobes of the brainmedicine.anatomical_structureFrontal lobeFemalePsychologyNeuroscienceMathematicsVigilance (psychology)description
Deficits in sustained attention may lead to action slips in everyday life as irrelevant action sequences are inappropriately triggered internally or by the environment. While deficits in sustained attention have been associated with damage to the frontal lobes of the brain, little is known about the role of the frontal lobes in the Elevator Counting subtest of the Test of Everyday Attention. In the current study, 55 frontal patients subdivided into medial, orbital and lateral subgroups, 18 patients with posterior lesions and 82 healthy controls performed the Elevator Counting task. The results revealed that patients with medial and left lateral prefrontal lesions were significantly impaired on the task compared to healthy controls. Research suggests that patients with medial lesions are susceptible to competition from task irrelevant schema; whereas the left lateral group in the current study may fail to keep track of the tones already presented.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2010-10-01 |