Effect of orthography on the verbal fluency performance in schizophrenia: Examination using Japanese patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Sumiyoshi, Chika ^a,b   Sumiyoshi, Tomiki ^b,c   Matsui, Mie ^b   Nohara, Shigeru ^b   Yamashita, Ikiko ^b   Kurachi, Masayoshi ^b   Niwa, Shinichi ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Category fluency task; Language system; Letter fluency task; Negative symptoms; Psychotic symptoms; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 2442448623     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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