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

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• 作者：Paul S. Foster ; Valeria Drago ; Brad J. Ferguson ; Patti Kelly Harrison…
• 关键词：Frontal lobes ; Executive functioning ; Trail making test ; Sequencing ; Behavioral speed ; Designs ; Nonverbal ; Neuropsychological assessment ; Regulatory control ; Effortful control
• 刊名：Brain Informatics
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：2
• 期：4
• 页码：239-251
• 全文大小：610 KB
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• 作者单位：Paul S. Foster (1) (2)
  Valeria Drago (2) (3)
  Brad J. Ferguson (1)
  Patti Kelly Harrison (4)
  David W. Harrison (4)
  
  1. Psychology Department, Middle Tennessee State University, 1500 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA
  2. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
  3. Laboratorio LENITEM, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
  4. Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Health Informatics; Neurosciences; Computation by Abstract
• 刊物主题：Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Health Informatics; Neurosciences; Computation by Abstract Devices; Cognitive Psychology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2198-4026

文摘

The 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. Keywords Frontal lobes Executive functioning Trail making test Sequencing Behavioral speed Designs Nonverbal Neuropsychological assessment Regulatory control Effortful control