The sensitivity of the Spontaneous Selective Attention Test (SSAT): A study of schizophrenic inpatients and outpatients versus normal controls

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Myles Worsley, Marina ^a   Coon, Hilary ^a   Byerley, William ^a  

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

Author keywords

Genetics of schizophrenia; Phenotypes; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOLITION;

EID: 0032565623     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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