Performance of patients with schizophrenia on a pen and paper visuospatial working memory task with short delay

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Keefe, Richard S E ^a   Lees Roitman, Sonia E ^b   Dupre, Rachel L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe dysfunction; Schizophrenia; Visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030800888     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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