Attention deficits assessed by Continuous Performance Test and Span of Apprehension Test in Japanese schizophrenic patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Ito, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kanno, Masahiro ^a   Mori, Yukiko ^a   Niwa, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

attention deficit; formal thought disorder; processing capacity; schizophrenia; sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031588733     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(96)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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