Social cognition deficit in schizophrenia: Accounting for pragmatic deficits in communication abilities?

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-315

  Champagne Lavau, Maud ^a,d   Stip, Emmanuel ^b,d   Joanette, Yves ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Executive function; Non literal language; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDER; THEORY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 33747722741     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340006778018184     Document Type: Review

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