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Prefrontal Cortex and Abstract Thinking

NCT01100281 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2011-12-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The capacity of concept formation is not well understood, even if a link is supposed with the functioning of the frontal lobes.

Our aim is to better understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying this function and to try to correlate the performance with atrophy of the frontal lobe in neurodegenerative diseases involving this region (frontotemporal lobar degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy).

Conditions

  • Abstract Thinking
  • Concept Formation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Neuropsychological examination

Examination including especially concept formation

OTHER

MRI

MRI performed in T1-weighted three dimensional sequence

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Levy, MD · Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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