Handbook of frontal lobe assessment

451 Pages·2015·10.899 MB·English

by  MacPherson, Sarah E, Della Sala, Sergio et al.

Handbook of Frontal
Lobe Assessment

Handbook of
Frontal Lobe
Assessment
Sarah E. MacPherson
Sergio Della Sala
with
Simon R. Cox
Alessandra Girardi
Matthew H. Iveson
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To Sophie and Joseph
and
To Emma and Marta
who will eventually develop their frontal lobes!

Acknowledgments
First, we wish to express our gratitude to Charlotte Green, Senior Assistant
Commissioning Editor for Psychology and Social Work at Oxford University
Press, who supported us throughout. We are also thankful to a number of clini-
cians and researchers working in the area of frontal lobe functions who offered
their advice on the tests we included in the book: Professor Sharon Abrahams,
Professor Shelly Channon, Professor Jordan Grafman, Professor Tim Shallice,
and Professor Donald Stuss. We are particularly grateful to Dr Jennifer Foley
who kindly gave her time to read through and comment on all chapters in this
book. Her careful and constructive comments and suggestions were invaluable.
Her willingness to give her time so generously has been very much appreciated.
Sarah E. MacPherson and Sergio Della Sala
August 2014

Contents
Figures xi
Boxes xiii
Tables xv
Advance Praise xix
1 Introduction: Fractionating the frontal lobe syndrome 1
1.1 Frontal lesions and behavior change 1
1.2 Neuroanatomy of the frontal lobes 7
1.3 Fractionation of frontal lobe functions 9
1.4 Fractionation and frontal lobe assessment 15
1.5 Classification of frontal lobe subregions 19
1.6 Issues of frontal lobe assessment 19
2 Abstraction 25
2.1 Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test 25
2.2 Proverb Interpretation Task 31
3 Initiation and inhibition 41
3.1 AX-Continuous Performance Task 41
3.2 Go/No-Go Task 47
3.3 Hayling Sentence Completion Task 63
3.4 Stimulus‒response compatibility tasks 68
3.5 Verbal fluency tasks 81
4 Mental flexibility 109
4.1 Goal Neglect Task 109
4.2 Reversal Learning Task 114
4.3 Trail Making Test 123
4.4 Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 131
5 Multi-tasking 145
5.1 Six Elements Task and Multiple Errands Task 145
6 Problem-solving and judgment 159
6.1 Cognitive Estimation Task 159
6.2 Recency and temporal order discrimination 163
6.3 Tower tests 177