Formal thought disorder is characterised by impaired lexical access

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 161-168

  Leeson, Verity C ^a   Laws, Keith R ^b   McKenna, Peter J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access disorder; Lexicon; Schizophrenia; Semantic memory; Storage disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORMAL THOUGHT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750629534     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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