Electrodermically nonresponsive schizophrenia patients make more errors in the stroop color word test, indicating selective attention deficit

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 459-466

  Lopes Machado, Eleomar Ziglia ^a   De Souza Crippa, José Alexandre ^a   Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a   Zuardi, Antonio Waldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrodermal activity; Negative symptoms; Schizophrenia; Selective attention; Skin conductance; Stroop Color Word Test

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036989071     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006953     Document Type: Article

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