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Normative data for the symbol digit substitution task
Author(s) -
Royer Fred L.,
Gilmore Grover C.,
Gruhn Joseph J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198107)37:3<608::aid-jclp2270370328>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - normative , substitution (logic) , numerical digit , symbol (formal) , task (project management) , psychology , digit symbol substitution test , cognitive psychology , arithmetic , developmental psychology , computer science , medicine , mathematics , philosophy , alternative medicine , management , epistemology , pathology , economics , programming language , placebo
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.