Quantitative electroencephalographic and neuropsychological investigation of an alternative measure of frontal lobe executive functions: the Figure Trail Making Test.

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dc.contributor.authorFoster, Paul S.en
dc.contributor.authorDrago, V.en
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, B. J.en
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, P. K.en
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, D. W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.coverage.spatialGermanyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T12:10:43Zen
dc.date.available2016-12-29T12:10:43Zen
dc.date.issued2015-12en
dc.description.abstractThe most frequently used measures of executive functioning are either sensitive to left frontal lobe functioning or bilateral frontal functioning. Relatively little is known about right frontal lobe contributions to executive functioning given the paucity of measures sensitive to right frontal functioning. The present investigation reports the development and initial validation of a new measure designed to be sensitive to right frontal lobe functioning, the Figure Trail Making Test (FTMT). The FTMT, the classic Trial Making Test, and the Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT) were administered to 42 right-handed men. The results indicated a significant relationship between the FTMT and both the TMT and the RFFT. Performance on the FTMT was also related to high beta EEG over the right frontal lobe. Thus, the FTMT appears to be an equivalent measure of executive functioning that may be sensitive to right frontal lobe functioning. Applications for use in frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and other patient populations are discussed.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent239 - 251 page(s)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40708-015-0025-zen
dc.identifier.issn2198-4018en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/73901en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.languageengen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27747564en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBehavioral speeden
dc.subjectDesignsen
dc.subjectEffortful controlen
dc.subjectExecutive functioningen
dc.subjectFrontal lobesen
dc.subjectNeuropsychological assessmenten
dc.subjectNonverbalen
dc.subjectRegulatory controlen
dc.subjectSequencingen
dc.subjectTrail making testen
dc.titleQuantitative electroencephalographic and neuropsychological investigation of an alternative measure of frontal lobe executive functions: the Figure Trail Making Test.en
dc.title.serialBrain Informaticsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Faculty of Health Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Scienceen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Science/Psychologyen

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