2020
Risk‐Taking Patterns of Children, Associated Cognitive Weaknesses, and Prevention of Negative Outcomes
Imal AE, O’Leary S, Wexler BE. Risk‐Taking Patterns of Children, Associated Cognitive Weaknesses, and Prevention of Negative Outcomes. Psychiatric Research And Clinical Practice 2020, 2: 34-40. PMID: 36101890, PMCID: PMC9175884, DOI: 10.1176/appi.prcp.2020.20190020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk-taking groupFlanker testWorking Memory TestMemory test scoresEighth-grade childrenTests of inhibitionHealth-compromising behaviorsClusters of childrenCognitive weaknessesMemory testMemory scoresGo/Focused attentionRisk-taking patternsCognitive functionTest measuresNegative outcomesPrimary prevention interventionsTest scoresFull learningReaction timeEarly interventionAvoidantChildrenPrevention interventions
2002
Deficits in language-mediated mental operations in patients with schizophrenia
Wexler BE, Donegan N, Stevens AA, Jacob SA. Deficits in language-mediated mental operations in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2002, 53: 171-179. PMID: 11738530, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(01)00194-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory taskMemory deficitsMemory testFamiliar soundsNon-verbal memory testsEarly perceptual processingSerial position taskWord memory taskVerbal memory processesVerbal memory taskNon-verbal memoryVerbal memory testsPerceptual processingAttentional competenceVerbal materialVerbal stimuliStimulus itemsMemory processesMental operationsTask difficultyVisual stimuliImpaired performancePosition taskSensory processingAuditory tests
1998
Word and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia
Wexler BE, Stevens AA, Bowers AA, Sernyak MJ, Goldman-Rakic PS. Word and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry 1998, 55: 1093-1096. PMID: 9862552, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.12.1093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory testNonverbal testsVerbal testsMemory deficitsSerial position taskTests of perceptionAuditory memory testVerbal memory deficitsWorking Memory DeficitsImmediate recall taskSignificant performance deficitsRecall taskVerbal memoryPerceptual functionsSustained attentionDiscrimination taskPitch discriminationSelective deficitNormal motivationPerformance deficitsPosition taskMemory testingCognitive functionMedicated outpatientsInformation processing