title: Effects of frontal lesions on a selective attention task.
abstract: We set out to test the hypothesis that patients with frontal damage are specifically disabled in carrying out tasks requiring a high level of controlled attention. A group of patients with frontal lesions and another group of patients with retrorolandic lesions were tested for selective attention on a computerized task designed to produce a conflict situation between automatic and controlled processes. Frontal patients proved to be significantly more prone to errors of commission (false alarms) than retrorolandic patients.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Neurologia-Neurofisiopatologia, Presidio Ospedaliero USL 23, Arezzo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zolo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salmaso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity