title: Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: proposal of a supplementary scoring method.
abstract: To assess categorizing ability, we propose a new scoring criterion for the MCST, the "categorizing efficiency", taking into account the number of cards used by the subject to complete a maximum of six categories. The advantage of adding that parameter to traditional ones is evaluated in a small population of normal children and adults and those affected with pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University of Cagliari, via Ospedale 119, I-09124 Cagliari, Italy. cianchet@unica.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cianchetti
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foscoliano
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scalas
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sannio-Fancello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*