Executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury: The effects of injury severity and effort on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-140

  Ord, Jonathan S ^a   Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b   Aguerrevere, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Executive function; Malingering; Outcome; Performance validity; Traumatic brain injury; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951226919     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902858874     Document Type: Article

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