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The California Card Sorting Test may dissociate verbal and non‐verbal concept formation abilities
Author(s) -
Crouch John A.,
Greve Kevin W.,
Brooks Jill
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01196.x
Subject(s) - psychology , wisconsin card sorting test , card sorting , neuropsychology , cognitive psychology , executive dysfunction , executive functions , test (biology) , california verbal learning test , nonverbal communication , neuropsychological test , function (biology) , cognition , verbal learning , developmental psychology , task (project management) , neuroscience , paleontology , management , evolutionary biology , economics , biology
Most neuropsychological measures of executive function provide only global indices of performance and are relatively insensitive to lateralized dysfunction. The present paper presents a right temporal lobectomy patient whose performance indicates that the California Card Sorting Test, a new measure of executive function, may dissociate verbal and non‐verbal concept formation abilities. This case highlights the potential research and clinical value of this test compared to that of existing tests of executive function.