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  • Title: Different mechanisms underly shifting set on external and internal cues in Parkinson's disease.
    Author: Fimm B, Bartl G, Zimmermann P, Wallesch CW.
    Journal: Brain Cogn; 1994 Jul; 25(2):287-304. PubMed ID: 7917248.
    Abstract:
    A set shifting task consisting of the comparison of two digits according to their numerical value or their form guided by an explicit (external cue) or implicit (internal cue) rule was performed by 8 untreated and 19 treated patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) and 15 control subjects. The subjects could not predict the number of trials for a given target. The treated PD patient group exhibited increased post-shift error rates under the internal cue condition. In the external cue condition, only the untreated patients produced more errors when shifting to a new response criterion. Reaction times were prolonged in treated PD patients, irrespective of type of cue. Large interindividual variability within the patient groups is considered as meaningful and indicates individual differences in the neuropsychological impairment and/or the neurotransmission deficit. Pathophysiological and neuropsychological impairments underlying these findings are discussed on the basis of the models of Penney and Young (1983/1986) and Norman and Shallice (1980/1986).
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