The Stroop task and attention deficits in schizophrenia: A critical evaluation of card and single-trial Stroop methodologies

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 414-425

  Perlstein, William M ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^a,b   Barch, Deanna M ^a   Baird, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VOLITION;

EID: 0031878672     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.3.414     Document Type: Article

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