Is Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance related to 'working memory' capacity?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Stratta, Paolo ^a   Daneluzzo, Enrico ^a   Prosperini, Pierluigi ^a   Bustini, Massimiliano ^a   Mattei, Paolo ^a   Rossi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Schizophrenia; Visuo spatial memory test; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORPHENADRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030688955     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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