2004
Verbal memory in schizophrenia: additional evidence of subtypes having different cognitive deficits
Bruder GE, Wexler BE, Sage MM, Gil RB, Gorman JM. Verbal memory in schizophrenia: additional evidence of subtypes having different cognitive deficits. Schizophrenia Research 2004, 68: 137-147. PMID: 15099598, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(03)00156-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttentionAuditory PerceptionCerebral CortexCognition DisordersDichotic Listening TestsDominance, CerebralFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMemory DisordersMental RecallNeuropsychological TestsPaired-Associate LearningPitch DiscriminationPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyVerbal LearningWechsler ScalesConceptsVerbal memory deficitsMemory deficitsVerbal memoryWechsler Memory Scale-RevisedNonverbal cognitive functionsDifferent cognitive deficitsSerial position effectsVerbal materialVisual memoryNonverbal testsAuditory perceptionGeneralized deficitSelective deficitDichotic wordsHemispheric dominanceCognitive deficitsCognitive functionMemoryMedication statusHealthy controlsDeficitsOverall poor performancePosition effectsPoor performancePosition test
1999
California Verbal Learning Test practice effects in a schizophrenia sample
Hawkins K, Wexler B. California Verbal Learning Test practice effects in a schizophrenia sample. Schizophrenia Research 1999, 39: 73-78. PMID: 10480669, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(99)00015-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPractice effectsCalifornia Verbal Learning TestVerbal Learning TestTest practice effectsLearning TestWeek 10Sample of personsNew learningSchizophrenia sampleLater performancePrior exposureNon-pharmacological interventionsSerial performanceSample of patientsClinical circumstancesWeek 14Psychiatric statusLearningSchizophreniaCVLTExact natureMemoryConsiderable retentionLarge effectExposurePerceptual Asymmetry Differences Between Major Depression With or Without a Comorbid Anxiety Disorder: A Dichotic Listening Study
Bruder G, Wexler B, Stewart J, Price L, Quitkin F. Perceptual Asymmetry Differences Between Major Depression With or Without a Comorbid Anxiety Disorder: A Dichotic Listening Study. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 1999, 108: 233-239. PMID: 10369033, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.108.2.233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual asymmetryEmotional wordsLarge left ear advantageSmaller right-ear advantageLeft-hemisphere regionsDichotic listening taskNonanxious depressionDichotic listening studyLeft ear advantageRight ear advantageComorbid anxiety disordersOpposite hemispheric asymmetryAuditory taskTone taskAnxious groupListening taskNonanxious groupsAnxiety disordersHemispheric asymmetryGroup differencesTaskWordsDepression groupAsymmetry differencesMajor depressive disorder
1996
A Direct Observational Measure of Whole Body Turning Bias
Yazgan M, Leckman J, Wexler B. A Direct Observational Measure of Whole Body Turning Bias. Cortex 1996, 32: 173-176. PMID: 8697747, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-9452(96)80025-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 lateralitySymptomsAbnormalitiesFunctional significance of individual variations in callosal area
Yazgan M, Wexler B, Kinsbourne M, Peterson B, Leckman J. Functional significance of individual variations in callosal area. Neuropsychologia 1995, 33: 769-779. PMID: 7675166, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00018-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCallosal areaCorpus callosumMidsagittal cross-sectional areaDual-task interferenceDual-task performanceTime-sharing abilityBehavioral lateralityInterhemispheric connectionsWord listeningTask interferenceLine bisectionNormal adultsCross-sectional areaHemisphere conditionsBias testCallosumLateralityNormal variationFunctional significanceIndividual variationAbnormal laterality in schizophrenics and their parents
Grosh E, Docherty N, Wexler B. Abnormal laterality in schizophrenics and their parents. Schizophrenia Research 1995, 14: 155-160. PMID: 7710996, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(94)00033-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ear advantageNegative emotional valenceEmotional valenceHemispheric activationLower right-ear advantagesPositive emotional valenceLateralized cerebral functionsLeft-hemispheric activationDichotic word testNeutral wordsPerceptual asymmetryPerceptual advantageWord TestDichotic testsEar advantageValenceWordsParentsAbnormal lateralitySchizophrenic offspringSchizophrenicsSchizophrenic patientsCerebral functionSame subjectsLaterality
1992
Dichotic listening in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia
Ragland J, Goldberg T, Wexler B, Gold J, Torrey E, Weinberger D. Dichotic listening in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 1992, 7: 177-183. PMID: 1515379, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(92)90048-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDichotic listeningSmaller right-ear advantageAllocation of attentionDichotic listening scoresRight ear advantageDichotic listening testNeutral wordsEmotional wordsEmotional stimuliLateralized representationEar advantageLeft hemisphereListening scoresWord versionHandedness scoresListening tests
1991
Cerebral laterality, perception of emotion, and treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Wexler B, Goodman W. Cerebral laterality, perception of emotion, and treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry 1991, 29: 900-908. PMID: 2049488, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(91)90056-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderEmotion-related wordsNeutral wordsCerebral lateralityLower right-ear advantagesPerception of emotionPositive emotional valenceRight ear advantageDichotic listening testEmotional valenceStimulus pairsOCD patientsListening testsWordsHealthy controlsDepressed patientsSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsLateralityEmotionsDisordersReuptake inhibitorsSevere illnessTreatment responseValencePatientsCerebral laterality, symptoms, and diagnosis in psychotic patients
Wexler B, Giller E, Southwick S. Cerebral laterality, symptoms, and diagnosis in psychotic patients. Biological Psychiatry 1991, 29: 103-116. PMID: 1995082, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(91)90039-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBrainDepressive DisorderDichotic Listening TestsFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMiddle AgedProhibitinsPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaConceptsRight ear advantageLower right-ear advantagesManic patientsPositive symptomsNegative symptomsCerebral lateralitySubset of patientsDisease-related decreaseWord TestSchizoaffective patientsSymptomatic inpatientsDepressed patientsHealthy controlsSymptom remissionSchizophrenic patientsMood disturbancePatientsMore symptomsPsychotic patientsSymptomsDichotic word testLeft hemisphereEar advantageThought disorderSimilar changes
1989
Possible Subtypes of Affective Disorder Suggested by Differences in Cerebral Laterality and Testosterone: A Preliminary Report
Wexler B, Mason J, Giller E. Possible Subtypes of Affective Disorder Suggested by Differences in Cerebral Laterality and Testosterone: A Preliminary Report. JAMA Psychiatry 1989, 46: 429-433. PMID: 2712661, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810050043007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum testosterone levelsDichotic listening testAffective disordersTestosterone levelsMean serum testosterone levelCerebral lateralityTime of admissionPathophysiological heterogeneityDiagnostic groupsSymptom severityPreliminary reportPossible subtypesHemisphere functionDisordersSubgroupsLateralityMeaningful subgroupsPositive correlationNegative correlationGroupHospitalizationPatientsAdmissionPathogenesesTestosterone
1986
Alterations in Cerebral Laterality during Acute Psychotic Illness
Wexler B. Alterations in Cerebral Laterality during Acute Psychotic Illness. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 1986, 149: 202-209. PMID: 3779276, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.149.2.202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrainFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPrognosisPsychotic DisordersConceptsAcute psychotic illnessAcute psychotic episodeMajor psychiatric illnessDichotic listening testPsychiatric illnessPsychotic episodePsychotic illnessHemisphere dysfunctionLocalisation testsDot testCerebral lateralityNonsense Syllable TestIllnessWord TestTone testMedicationsPatientsPerceptual asymmetryDysfunctionDiagnosisEffects 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultDichotic Listening TestsEmotionsFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPerceptionPersonalityConceptsPerceptual asymmetryAnxious subjectsEffects of emotionHigh-anxious subjectsLow-anxious subjectsLeft-hemisphere functionDichotic word testDichotic listening testWord TestEmotional qualityLeft hemisphereEmotionsPersonality characteristicsInformation processingPersonality groupsBrain statesListening testsNeutral testWordsHemispherePersonalitySubjectsProcessingTestAsymmetry
1983
Increasing the power of dichotic methods: The fused rhymed words test
Wexler B, Halwes T. Increasing the power of dichotic methods: The fused rhymed words test. Neuropsychologia 1983, 21: 59-66. PMID: 6843817, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(83)90100-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research