Improving performance on the WCST: Variations on the original procedure

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Rossell, Susan L ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly normal controls; Remediation training procedures; Schizophrenia; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOLITION;

EID: 0031558756     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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