Comparison of set-shifting ability in patients with chronic schizophrenia and frontal lobe damage

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-270

  Pantelis, Christos ^a   Barber, Fiona Z ^a   Barnes, Thomas R E ^b   Nelson, Hazel E ^c   Owen, Adrian M ^d   Robbins, Trevor W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Norton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal striatal; IQ; Learning; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Set shifting; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033594976     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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