Typical performance of elderly patients with Alzheimer disease on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
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Typical performance of elderlypatients with Alzheimer disease on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological assessment tool designed to assess executive functions, frequently used in cases of cognitive disorders. However, Brazilian neuroscientific settings lack standardization studies of psychological assessment instruments, especially in the neuropsychological area. Thus, the assessment of clinical groups including dementias and particul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642008dn10200011