Random number generation deficit in schizophrenia characterized by oral vs written response modes

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1091-1105

  Shinba, Toshikazu ^a   Shinozaki, Takiko ^a   Kariya, Nobutoshi ^b   Ebata, Keisuke ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Coll   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 0034577196     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.3f.1091     Document Type: Article

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