2003
Cognitive remediation of working memory deficits: durability of training effects in severely impaired and less severely impaired schizophrenia
Bell M, Bryson G, Wexler BE. Cognitive remediation of working memory deficits: durability of training effects in severely impaired and less severely impaired schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2003, 108: 101-109. PMID: 12823166, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00090.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurocognitive enhancement therapyWork therapyCognitive remediationTraining effectsSocial information processingCognitive training exercisesExecutive functionMemory performanceEnhancement therapyMemory deficitsInformation processingSeverity of impairmentDuration of trainingGreater improvementSchizoaffective disorderMemoryParticipantsTraining exercisesMost participantsImpairment severitySchizophreniaTrainingDuration of effectSeverity groupsDeficits
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
1986
Effects of emotion on perceptual asymmetry: Interactions with personality
Wexler B, Schwartz G, Warrenburg S, Servis M, Tarlatzis I. Effects of emotion on perceptual asymmetry: Interactions with personality. Neuropsychologia 1986, 24: 699-710. PMID: 3785657, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(86)90009-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual asymmetryAnxious subjectsEffects of emotionHigh-anxious subjectsLow-anxious subjectsLeft-hemisphere functionDichotic word testDichotic listening testWord TestEmotional qualityLeft hemisphereEmotionsPersonality characteristicsInformation processingPersonality groupsBrain statesListening testsNeutral testWordsHemispherePersonalitySubjectsProcessingTestAsymmetry