The role of the ventrolateral frontal cortex in inhibitory oculomotor control.

Journal article

It has been proposed that the inferior/ventrolateral frontal cortex plays a critical role in the inhibitory control of action during cognitive tasks. However, the contribution of this region to the control of eye movements has not been clearly established. Here, we describe the performance of a group of 23 frontal lobe damaged patients in an oculomotor rule switching task for which the association between a centrally presented visual cue and the direction of a saccade could change from trial ...

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Authors: Hodgson, T; Chamberlain, M; Parris, B; James, M; Gutowski, N

• Journal: Brain : a journal of neurology
• Volume: 130
• Issue: Pt 6
• Pages: 1525-1537
• Publication date: 2007-06-01
• DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm064
• EISSN: 1460-2156
• ISSN: 0006-8950
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cues; Eye Movement Measurements; Psychomotor Performance; Humans; Brain Mapping; Frontal Lobe; Adult; Middle Aged; Aged; Photic Stimulation; Female; Male; Brain Diseases; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Reaction Time; Saccades