Investigation of cognition in schizophrenia: psychometric properties of instruments for assessing working memory updating

Objective This study describes the development of two updating measures of working memory (WM): Letter Updating Test (LUT) and Word Updating Test (WUT). Methods In stage 1, items were created and the instruments were assessed by experts and laymen. In stage 2, tests were given to 15 patients with...

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Main Authors: Arthur A. Berberian, Ary Gadelha, Natália M. Dias, Tatiana P. Mecca, Rodrigo A. Bressan, Acioly T. Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2015-09-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852015000300238&lng=en&tlng=en