Table 6.
Test | Cognitive functions | Relevant brain structures |
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DSST | Motor speed | White matter lesions Caudate nucleus Cortical gray matter Inferior parietal cortex |
Working memory | White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Hippocampus Cortical gray matter Inferior parietal cortex Rostral middle frontal gyrus |
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Attention | White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Hippocampus Caudate nucleus Cortical gray matter Inferior parietal cortex Rostral middle frontal gyrus |
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Associative learning | White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Hippocampus Cortical gray matter |
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Visuoperceptual abilities: - Scanning - Capacity to write/draw. |
White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Hippocampus Fusiform gyrus Cortical gray matter Inferior parietal cortex |
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TMT | Visuoperceptual abilities: - Visual scanning - Visual-conceptual tracking - Visual-motor tracking |
White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Inferior parietal cortex |
Information processing | White matter lesions Superior marginal cortex |
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Attention | White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Inferior parietal cortex |
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Motor speed | White matter lesions Inferior parietal cortex |
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Memory: - Working memory - Rote memory |
White matter lesions Mesial temporal lobe Inferior parietal cortex |