Subjective ordering, short-term memory, and the frontal lobes

Wiegersma, S.; Scheer, Elly van der; Hijman, Ron

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(90)90089-7

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“…Across the groups, stimulation speeded up responding (Stroop colour condition, Trail Making Test A) and improved performance on Paced Visual Serial Addition Test 48 and Missing Digit Test. 49 Conversely, the number of errors increased across the two groups in Conditional Associative Learning. 50 In general, change in performance with stimulation was significant for the STN but not for the GPi group.…”

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Neuropsychological assessment for management of patients with deep brain stimulation

Pillon

2002

Mov Disord.

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The inclusion of cognitive and behavioural criteria has been recommended for the management of patients with deep brain stimulation. A neuropsychological assessment may contribute to different issues: (1) selection of the best candidates for surgery, (2) evaluation of the consequences of surgery, (3) research of the best electrode implantation. Recent neuropsychological studies indicate that (1) with appropriate inclusion criteria, the effects of surgery on cognitive functions are limited; (2) an aggravation of behavioural disorders might be related to subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation and depend on electrode location; (3) subthalamic nucleus stimulation, but not the internal globus pallidus stimulation, improves psychomotor efficiency and working memory. These results would suggest that the implanted electrodes are not solely targeting the motor circuit and that the cognitive and motor circuits are not completely segregated.

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confidence: 94%

Neuropsychological assessment for management of patients with deep brain stimulation

Pillon

2002

Mov Disord.

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“…The test battery included the Digit Span and Paired Associates subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scales-Revised (Wechsler, 1987), three frontal lobe tests validated by lesion and brain imaging studies, the NSCA (posterior dorsolateral) and SOP (subjective ordering, mid-dorsolateral) tasks (Petrides et al, 1993a), and the number randomisation (Petrides, Alivisatos, Meyer, & Evans, 1993b) (a.k.a. subjective ordering ; mid-dorsolateral ; Wiegersma, van der Scheer, & Human, 1990). This portion of the battery was administered over two laboratory visits 1 year apart (ages 13 and 14).…”

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Executive Functions and Physical Aggression after Controlling for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, General Memory, and IQ

Séguin

Boulerice

Harden

et al. 1999

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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This study examined the role of ADHD in the association between physical aggression and two types of executive functions. Boys received a cognitive-neuropsychological test battery over the ages of 13, 14, and 15 years. Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC 2.25) data were collected from the boys and one parent between ages 14 and 16, and an IQ estimate was obtained at age 15. Three groups, differing in stability and level of physical aggression since kindergarten, were formed : Stable Aggressive, Unstable Aggressive, and Nonaggressive. Composite scores of validated executive function tests of working memory representing subjective ordering and conditional association learning were formed. A MANCOVA (N l 149) using ADHD status, teacher-rated negative emotionality, general memory abilities, and IQ as covariates was performed on the two composite scores. ADHD and teacher-rated emotionality did not provide significant adjustment to the dependent variables. Number of ADHD symptoms was negatively associated only with general memory and IQ. General memory contributed significantly to adjusting for conditional association test scores. Group differences indicated lower conditional association scores for Unstable Aggressive boys relative to the other groups. Both IQ and general memory abilities interacted with subjective ordering within the groups. Specifically, Stable Aggressive boys performed poorly on this measure and did not benefit from increases in IQ whereas Nonaggressive boys performed best and were not disadvantaged by lower general memory abilities. This suggests a relationship exists between aspects of working memory and a history of physical aggression regardless of ADHD and IQ.

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“…Still, experimental studies on problem solving imply that deliberation is hampered in patients with frontal lobe lesions. Moreover, deficiencies in tasks of subject-ordered pointing and recency discrimination not only may indicate def'ective temporal organization (McAndrews & Milner, l99l;Milner, Petrides, & Smith, 1985;Petrides & Milner, 1982) but also may hint at impaired conscious deliberation (Wiegersma, van der Scheer, & Hijman, 1990). Finally, an inferior petformance in the Tower of Hanoi can be interpreted as a deficiency in making goal-subgoal decisions (Goel & Grafman, 1995).…”

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Reflective and reflexive action control in patients with frontal brain lesions.

Lengfelder¹,

Gollwitzer²

2001

Neuropsychology

100

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Two types of action control derived from the model of action phases (H. Heckhausen & P. M. Gollwitzer, 1987) were analyzed in patients with frontal lesions, patients with nonfrontal lesions, and university students. In Study 1, reflective action control in terms of goal selection was assessed, and impaired deliberation was found in patients with frontal lesions. Study 2 assessed reflexive action control in terms of automatic action initiation as a result of forming implementation intentions (P. M. Gollwitzer, 1999). All participants sped up their responses to critical stimuli by forming implementation intentions. Moreover, lesion patients with weak performances on the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) task did worse than patients with strong TOH performances in Study 1 but better than control participants in Study 2. Findings are interpreted as a functional dissociation between conscious reflective action control and automatic reflexive action control.Patients with frontal lobe damage are often unable to cope with everyday life despite their unaffected performance in tests of intelligence, language, memory, and perception (Grattan & Eslinger, 1991). This discrepancy has stimulated various models describing the planning and action control deficits in patients with frontal brain lesions.For a long time, the frontal lobes have been considered to be involved in regulating and programming behavior (e.g.,

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Subjective ordering, short-term memory, and the frontal lobes

Cited by 72 publications

References 9 publications

Neuropsychological assessment for management of patients with deep brain stimulation

Neuropsychological assessment for management of patients with deep brain stimulation

Executive Functions and Physical Aggression after Controlling for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, General Memory, and IQ

Reflective and reflexive action control in patients with frontal brain lesions.

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