Can specific deficits in executive functioning explain the negative symptoms of schizophrenia? A review

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-108

  Donohoe, G ^a   Robertson, I H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive functions; Frontal cortex; Negative symptoms; Schizophrenia; Stroop; Tower of Hanoi; Verbal Fluency Test; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORIENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0041368796     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.2.97.15075     Document Type: Review

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