What is measured by verbal fluency tests in schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 267-276

  Van Beilen, Marije ^a,b   Pijnenborg, Marieke ^a,b   Van Zomeren, Ed H ^b   Van Den Bosch, Robert J ^b   Withaar, Frederiec K ^b   Bouma, Anke ^b  

^a GGZ Drenthe ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fluency; Psychomotor speed; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 2642561027     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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