Impairment of semantic categorization processes among thought-disordered schizophrenic patients

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-278

  Mesure, Gérald ^a   Passerieux, Christine ^b   Besche, Chrystel ^c   Widlöcher, Daniel ^d   Hardy Baylé, Marie Christine ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Formal thought disorder; Schizophrenia; Semantic categorization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ERROR; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 0031726141     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804300306     Document Type: Article

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