2019
Measurement of executive functioning with the National Institute of Health Toolbox and the association to anxiety/depressive symptomatology in childhood/adolescence
Kavanaugh BC, Cancilliere MK, Fryc A, Tirrell E, Oliveira J, Oberman LM, Wexler BE, Carpenter LL, Spirito A. Measurement of executive functioning with the National Institute of Health Toolbox and the association to anxiety/depressive symptomatology in childhood/adolescence. Child Neuropsychology 2019, 26: 754-769. PMID: 31876232, PMCID: PMC10629577, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2019.1708295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety/depressive symptomatologyGlobal deficit scoreDepressive symptomatologyDetection of impairmentHealth ToolboxDepressive symptom varianceNational InstituteChildhood/adolescenceSelf-reported depressionComparable psychometric propertiesSymptom varianceEF symptomsDeficit scoresDepression diagnosisDepressive symptomsClinical diagnosisChild-reported anxietyClinical neuropsychological measuresImpairmentMeasures of EFSymptomatologyDepressionNeuropsychological measuresSymptomsParent report
2004
The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test (PCET): relationship to the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and work function in patients with schizophrenia
Kurtz MM, Wexler BE, Bell MD. The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test (PCET): relationship to the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and work function in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2004, 68: 95-102. PMID: 15037343, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(03)00179-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPenn Conditional Exclusion TestWisconsin Card Sorting TestWork Behavior InventoryCard Sorting TestExecutive functionSorting TestDivergent validityExecutive function measuresNew computerized measureStandard neuropsychological measuresMeasures of cooperativenessCriterion-related validityVerbal learningNeuropsychological measuresVisual sequencingComputerized measuresPsychomotor speedVocational settingsBehavior InventoryVocational functionAnalogous measuresSpecific dimensionsWork skillsTotal errorWork quality
1995
Behavioral laterality in individuals with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome and basal ganglia alterations: A preliminary report
Yazgan M, Peterson B, Wexler B, Leckman J. Behavioral laterality in individuals with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome and basal ganglia alterations: A preliminary report. Biological Psychiatry 1995, 38: 386-390. PMID: 8547458, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)00302-j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGTS patientsTourette syndromeIntact basal ganglia functionGilles de la Tourette's syndromeGTS subjectsAdult GTS patientsBasal ganglia alterationsBasal ganglia functionLa Tourette's syndromePrevious MRI studiesNeuropsychological measuresFunctional asymmetryGanglia functionTic symptomsNormal controlsMRI studiesSyndromePreliminary reportPatientsNeuropsychological tasksFunctional significanceSubjectsBehavioral lateralitySymptomsAbnormalities