Journal article
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Performance as a Measure of Frontal Lobe Damage
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol.13(6), pp.909-922
11/01/1991
DOI: 10.1080/01688639108405107
PMID: 1779030
Abstract
We examined the sensitivity and specificity of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) as a measure of frontal lobe damage in 91 subjects with stable focal brain lesions. Anatomical information about the location and extent of brain damage was obtained from MR and CT transparencies. No significant differences in WCST performance were found between subjects with frontal vs. nonfrontal damage. Some subjects with extensive frontal lobe damage performed well on the WCST, and some subjects with damage outside of the frontal lobes failed. The optimal cutoff scores for discriminating frontal from nonfrontal subjects correctly classified only 62% of the subjects. Further analysis of WCST performances associated with damage to various subregions of the frontal lobes also failed to reveal any reliable relationships. These findings indicate that performance on the WCST cannot be interpreted in isolation as an index of frontal lobe damage.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Performance as a Measure of Frontal Lobe Damage
- Creators
- Steven W Anderson - Department of Neurology , The University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsHanna Damasio - Division of Behavioral Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology , The University of Iowa College of MedicineR. Dallas Jones - Division of Behavioral Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology , The University of Iowa College of MedicineDaniel Tranel - Division of Behavioral Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology , The University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol.13(6), pp.909-922
- DOI
- 10.1080/01688639108405107
- PMID
- 1779030
- NLM abbreviation
- J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
- ISSN
- 1380-3395
- eISSN
- 1744-411X
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/1991
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002341002771
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