Patients with schizophreniform disorder use verbal descriptions for the representation of visual categories

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Kéri, Szabolcs ^a,b,c   Kelemen, O ^a,b,c   Benedek, G ^a,b,c   Janka, Z ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1342326803     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703008754     Document Type: Article

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