Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 167-171 , 31 January 2006

Differences in performance and learning proficiency on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia: Do they reflect distinct neurocognitive subtypes with distinct functional profiles?

  • Matthew M. Kurtz

      Affiliations

    • Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program and Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA. Tel.: +1 860 545 7304; fax: +1 860 545 7510.
    • ,
  • Bruce E. Wexler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA

Received 11 June 2005 ,Revised 2 September 2005 ,Accepted 13 September 2005.

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PII: S0920-9964(05)00397-X

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.09.003

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 167-171 , 31 January 2006

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