The Dig Task: A Simple Scent Discrimination Reveals Deficits Following Frontal Brain DamageKris M. Martens 1, Cole Vonder Haar 1, Blake A. Hutsell 1, Michael R. Hoane 1
1Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
In this protocol, a novel application of scent discrimination is described. The Dig task is a reasonably inexpensive task that can be used to assess frontally-mediated cognition following brain damage.
