2005
Cognitive training of verbal memory using a dichotic listening paradigm: impact on symptoms and cognition
Fiszdon JM, Whelahan H, Bryson GJ, Wexler BE, Bell MD. Cognitive training of verbal memory using a dichotic listening paradigm: impact on symptoms and cognition. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2005, 112: 187-193. PMID: 16095473, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00565.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal memoryAuditory hallucinationsDichotic listeningDL taskMemory training taskCognitive remediation trainingCognitive remediation programVerbal episodic memoryVerbal memory taskDichotic listening paradigmRemediation trainingCognitive trainingEpisodic memoryMemory taskTraining tasksRemediation programGeneral psychopathologyControl conditionMemoryTaskCognitionPsychiatric symptomsTrainingHierarchical trainingCurrent investigation
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
2000
Preliminary Evidence of Improved Verbal Working Memory Performance and Normalization of Task-Related Frontal Lobe Activation in Schizophrenia Following Cognitive Exercises
Wexler BE, Anderson M, Fulbright RK, Gore JC. Preliminary Evidence of Improved Verbal Working Memory Performance and Normalization of Task-Related Frontal Lobe Activation in Schizophrenia Following Cognitive Exercises. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 157: 1694-1697. PMID: 11007730, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.10.1694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft inferior frontal cortexTask-related activationVerbal memory taskInferior frontal cortexMemory performanceMemory taskCognitive exercisesMemory exercisesNonverbal memory performanceWorking Memory PerformanceVerbal memory deficitsVerbal memory dysfunctionFrontal lobe activationRegional brain activationFrontal cortexSame brain regionsBrain activationTraining periodMemory deficitsMemory dysfunctionBrain regionsPreliminary evidenceBehavioral aspectsTaskSchizophrenia