title: Perseveration in memory for figures after frontal lobe lesion.
abstract: The aim was to determine whether recurrent perseveration, i.e. the tendency to incorrectly repeat previous responses, is related to the site of cerebral lesion. Sixty-seven brain-damaged patients and 35 control subjects were studied with a modified Benton Visual Retention Test. Patients with anterior lesions made a higher number of recurrent perseverations than patients with posterior lesions. The results was in disagreement with the hypothesis that recurrent perseveration is associated with left posterior lesions.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Vilkki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology