Neuropsychological and oculomotor correlates of spatial working memory performance in schizophrenia patients and controls

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-50

  Snitz, Beth E ^a   Curtis, Clayton E ^a   Zald, David H ^a   Katsanis, Joanna ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisaccade task; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Frontal lobes; Schizophrenia; Smooth pursuit eye tracking; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033609551     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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