title: Normative data for the Symbol Digit Substitution Task.
abstract: Administered three forms of a Symbol-Digit Substitution task to normals, 16 to over 80 years of age, to schizophrenic and other hospitalized groups. Their data are presented for normative purposes. The three forms vary in difficulty and provide a measure of visual information processing ability, Clinical and research implications of the data are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013561:Symbolism; D014888:Wechsler Scales