Effects of disorganization on choice reaction time and visual orientation in untreated schizophrenics

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Amado, Isabelle ^a   Olié, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Attention disengagement; Clinical disorganization; Preattentive mechanism; Processing speed; Schizophrenia; Visuospatial orientation

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646160609     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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