Improving schizophrenic in-patients' Wisconsin card-sorting performance.
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.
Nisbet
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Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Siegert
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Hunt
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Fairley
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology