2014
Physiological evidence of a deficit to enhance the empathic response in schizophrenia
Corbera S, Ikezawa S, Bell MD, Wexler BE. Physiological evidence of a deficit to enhance the empathic response in schizophrenia. European Psychiatry 2014, 29: 463-472. PMID: 24630376, DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsEmpathic responsesERP responsesPersonal distressRegulatory deficitsLate cognitive componentsSocial cognition processesPictures of handsEffective social interactionsLate ERP responsesOwn emotional engagementCognitive empathyTask demandsPerspective takingCognition processEmpathic conditionEmotional engagementSocial situationsSocial interactionEmpathyPainful situationsSubjective ratingsOwn painPain paradigmDistress
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