Various neurocognitive tests were used to evaluate executive functions, which are largely influenced by the frontal lobes. Trail Making Test B37 was used to measure patients’ ability to shift mental sets efficiently. The Dodril Stroop Color-Naming condition40 was used to measure ability to selectively attend to meaningful information while inhibiting a pre-potent response. The Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT)41 was used to assess verbal generativity.
