A critical review of the specificity of the Wisconsin card sorting test for the assessment of prefrontal function;Revision critica del test de clasificacion de cartas de Wisconsin como indicador de disfuncion prefrontal

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 855-864

  Barcelo F ^a   Santome Calleja A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attentional set shifting; Neuropsychological assessment; Prefrontal function; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034190601     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3009.99451     Document Type: Review

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