The California Card Sorting Test may dissociate verbal and non-verbal concept formation abilities

Br J Clin Psychol. 1996 Sep;35(3):431-4. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01196.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Concept Formation*
  • Cues
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Functional Laterality*
  • Humans
  • Language Disorders / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests*
  • Perceptual Disorders / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Volition