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CompletedNCT01100281

Prefrontal Cortex and Abstract Thinking

Neuropsychological and Anatomical Study of Concept Formation in Frontal Patients

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
69 (actual)
Sponsor
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France · Other Government
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

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

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALNeuropsychological examinationExamination including especially concept formation
OTHERMRIMRI performed in T1-weighted three dimensional sequence

Timeline

Start date
2010-04-01
Completion
2011-04-01
First posted
2010-04-08
Last updated
2011-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01100281. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.