Selective attention in schizophrenia: Relationship to verbal working memory

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 53-61

  Barch, Deanna M ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognition; Schizophrenia; Selective attention; Stroop; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ERROR; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032494260     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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