Evidence that specific executive functions predict symptom variance among schizophrenia patients with a predominantly negative symptom profile

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-32

  Donohoe, Gary ^a,b   Corvin, Aiden ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 31544470642     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800444000155     Document Type: Article

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