Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in schizophrenia: The role of working memory

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-217

  Hartman, Marilyn ^a   Steketee, Mareah C ^a,b   Silva, Susan ^c,d   Lanning, Kristi ^c   Andersson, Candace ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b John Umstead Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Schizophrenia; Slowing; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0041828177     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00353-5     Document Type: Article

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