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A comparison of the Wisconsin card sorting test and the category test
Author(s) -
Pendleton Mark G.,
Heaton Robert K.
Publication year - 1982
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(198204)38:2<392::aid-jclp2270380232>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - wisconsin card sorting test , test (biology) , psychology , card sorting , neuropsychological test , sorting , neuropsychology , abstraction , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , neuropsychological assessment , cognition , psychiatry , computer science , task (project management) , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , management , programming language , economics , biology
An important clinical question is whether the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the Category Test, two tests of abstraction and concept formation, are interchangeable. This study attempted to answer this question by correlating results on the two tests and comparing their diagnostic accuracy in large groups of brain‐damaged patients ( N = 207) and normal controls ( N = 150). It was concluded that these tests are not clinically interchangeable and that both can make important contributions to a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment.