Cited by 450Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesMind wandering and attentionCognitive Functions and Memory

Frontal lesions and sustained attention

Wilkins, A.J., Shallice, T., McCarthy, R.·1987·Neuropsychologia

Abstract

Neurological patients were presented with a succession of 2-11 stimuli which they were required to count, reporting the number in the series when it finished. The stimuli were binaural clicks, or pulses on the right or on the left index finger. Regardless of stimulus modality or lateralization, patients with lesions involving the right frontal lobe were impaired when the presentation rate was 1/sec. There was no corresponding impairment when the presentation rate was increased to 7/sec. It is argued that at slow rates when the task was monotonous patients with right-frontal lesions were less able than others to sustain attention voluntarily.

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Authors
Wilkins, A. J., Shallice, T., & McCarthy, R.
Affiliations
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1987-01
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
359-365
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2056475598
Cited by
450
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 13
FWCI
5.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • SDL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
sustained attention, frontal lobe lesions, right frontal lobe, attentional control, presentation rate, stimulation rate, voluntary attention
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Brain Damage, Chronic, Dominance, Cerebral, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Male, Postoperative Complications, Psychosurgery, Temporal Lobe

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