Working memory performance in poor outcome schizophrenia: Relationship to age and executive functioning

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-160

  McGurk, Susan R ^a,d   Coleman, Thomas ^b,c   Harvey, Philip D ^a   Reichenberg, Avraham ^a   White, Leonard ^a,c   Friedman, Joseph ^a,c   Parrella, Michael ^a,c   Davis, Kenneth L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pilgrim Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 1842452656     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.26.2.153.28079     Document Type: Article

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