Wisconsin card sorting test as a measure of executive function impairments in stroke patients

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Jodzio, Krzysztof ^a   Biechowska, Daria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

control; executive function; stroke; WCST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650090414     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2010.525104     Document Type: Article

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