Evaluation of Mental Flexibility Through Language Tests in Adolescents With Frontal Brain Damage and in Healthy Children in Ages 8-17

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Persons With Frontal Lobe Damage With no Specific Language Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01696292

SHEBA-04-3435-JL-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to shed light on the theoretical concept of mental flexibility and its manifestation in adolescents following frontal lobe damage, and to develop a test battery for young Hebrew speakers.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• frontal lobe damage
• at least one year after injury
• native hebrew speaker

Exclusion criteria

• specific language disorder
• premorbid learning disability