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Brain, Vol. 122, No. 5, 994-995, May 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX—EXECUTIVE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS.

Edited by A. C. Roberts, T. W. Robbins and L. Weiskrantz. 1998. Pp. 248. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Price £22.99. ISBN 0-19-852441-2..

Simon Gerhand

School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

The function of the prefrontal cortex is as fascinating as it is elusive. Whilst damage to more posterior regions produces fairly blatant deficits of function, the effect of frontal brain lesions has proved far more difficult to characterize, although no less devastating to the lives of patients. Early reports told of individuals with no apparent loss of intellectual function, yet whose behaviour changed so drastically that they were never able to resume the lives that they had led before. Part of the problem has undoubtedly been that the cognitive processes underlying abilities which are impaired by prefrontal damage, such as planning, reasoning and problem solving, have not been well understood. A strong theoretical framework . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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