Cognitive deficits in patients with unilateral war-related frontal lobe lesions.
The findings of this study may be summarized as follows: (1) No significant general cognitive impairment occurred in S samples with unilateral frontal lobe lesions; (2) Impairment of cognitive performance was greater in Ss with lesions posterior to the Fissure of Rolondo than in well-matched Ss with frontal lobe lesions; (3) Specific cognitive deficits are infrequent in Ss with frontal lobe lesions; (4) No significant differential impairment of cognitive performance was associated with hemispheric lateralization of frontal lesions; and (5) No significant differential impairment of verbal and nonverbal performance was associated with hemispheric lateralization of frontal lesions.
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003210:Concept Formation / Q000502:physiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014857:Warfare; D014888:Wechsler Scales; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*