Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
WCST
Executive function; abstract concept formation, set-shifting, cognitive flexibility, perseveration
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 128 response cards (WCST-64 short form = 64). card-sorting with shifting feedback rules (performance), scored (categories, perseverative errors, etc.) (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- European Spanish full adaptation; widely used internationally (largely language-free stimuli)
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Heaton RK, et al. WCST Manual Revised and Expanded. PAR; 1993.
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