Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test designed to evaluate the functions of the frontal lobes. It is commonly used in clinical neuropsychological avaluations and in research. It is important to realize that no single test can fully characterize the function or dysfunction of the frontal lobes (or of any other brain sstructure for that matter). So WCST is veryuseful as part of the assessment but it is not definitive by itself.
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