Relationships between executive function, working memory, and decision‐making on the Iowa Gambling Task: Evidence from ventromedial patients, dorsolateral patients, and normal subjects

• Published in: Journal of neuropsychology Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 432 - 461
• Main Authors: Ouerchefani, Riadh, Ouerchefani, Naoufel, Allain, Philippe, Ben Rejeb, Mohamed Riadh, Le Gall, Didier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Londres : Wiley British Psychological Society 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Cognitive science; decision‐making; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; executive functions; Neuroscience; Psychology; ventromedial prefrontal cortex; working‐memory; working-memory; decision-making; executive functions; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; ventromedial prefrontal cortex; Decision-making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Working-memory; Executive functions; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

The results of previous studies are inconsistent in regard to the relationship between the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), working‐memory (WM), and executive tasks, and whether these cognitive processes could be considered as mechanisms underlying a decision‐making deficit. Moreover, the relationship betw...