Cognitive impairment but preservation of sexual dimorphism in cognitive abilities in chronic schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-139

  Halari, Rozmin ^a   Mehrotra, Ravi ^a   Sharma, Tonmoy ^b   Ng, Virginia ^a   Kumari, Veena ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Schizophrenia; Sex differences; Spatial; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645019855     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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