title: Improving schizophrenic in-patients' Wisconsin card-sorting performance.
abstract: The effectiveness of a training procedure to improve schizophrenic patients' Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance was investigated. In the absence of the monetary incentive often employed, 10 schizophrenic in-patients' performance improved with training. This study provides further evidence that the cognitive deficiency associated with the frontal lobe, implied by schizophrenic patients' typically poor Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test performance, is remediable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nisbet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siegert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fairley
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology