A comparison of remediation techniques on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Choi, Jimmy ^a   Kurtz, Matthew M ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive remediation; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDACTIC TRAINING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF MONITORING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149139095     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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