Spatial working memory deficit correlates with disorganization symptoms and social functioning in schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Iwase, Masao ^a   Nakahachi, Takayuki ^a   Sekiyama, Ryuji ^a   Tabushi, Kaoru ^b   Kajimoto, Osami ^c,d   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Asakayama Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kansai University of Social Welfare ^*

Author keywords

Cognition; Schizophrenia; Social adjustment; Spatial memory disorder; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 23744458601     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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