Neurocognitive and social cognitive correlates of formal thought disorder in schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 84-95

  Subotnik, Kenneth L ^a   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a   Green, Michael F ^a,b   Horan, William P ^a   Nienow, Tasha M ^a   Ventura, Joseph ^a   Nguyen, Annie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete thinking; Formal thought disorder; Neurocognition; Proverbs; Schizophrenia; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33745401220     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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