objectives: to describe the executive function of patients with traumatic injury admitted to rajaei hospital, shiraz, iran and to compare the executive function between normal individuals and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). methods: this was a case control study being performed during a 6-month period during spring and summer of 2013 in shiraz level i trauma center. ...

For years the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) has been used as a test of frontal lobe function. Recent event-related potential (ERP) research has shown large differences in the amplitude of P3b responses evoked by early and late trials within each WCST series ([8]: Barceló F., Sanz M., Molina V., Rubia FJ. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the assessment of frontal function: A validation s...

The aim of the present study was to explore the neuropsychological basis of insight in first-episode schizophrenia, by evaluating its differential and joint links with cognitive vs. metacognitive performance. Thirty first-episode patients were assessed with the Scale of Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD) and a metacognitive version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). In addition to th...

The present study contributes to the emerging field of gamification in personnel selection by examining validity and acceptance Gamified Set-Shifting Task (GSST), which is based on a well-established neuropsychological test cognitive flexibility, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Results sample 180 participants an online provided preliminary support for construct criterion-related validity. G...

OBJECTIVES This study investigates the pattern of association between patient unawareness of illness and neuropsychological tests of frontal lobe function in subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) with psychotic features. METHOD We administered the Wisconsin Card Sort Test (WCST) and a shortened version of the Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD) to a sample of...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare in a clinical sample that subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder on certain task of executive functioning. method: the clinical characteristics and neuropsychological performance of adults with ocd (n=22), fulfilling dsm-iv criteria for ocd and control groups including generalized anxiety disorder (gad) and...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to explore the neuropsychological basis of competence to consent to treatment in first-episode schizophrenia by evaluating its differential and joint links with cognitive versus metacognitive performance. METHODS Twenty-one first-episode patients were assessed with the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) and a metacognitive version ...

In the present study we investigated changes in Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) during the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in order to identify cognitive processes underlying the set-shifting aspects of the task and to determine test sensitivity for frontal and prefrontal cortical areas. ERP's were recorded from a sample of 20 healthy adults while they performed a computerized version of the...