Probabilistic reasoning in schizophrenia: A comparison of the performance of deluded and nondeluded schizophrenic patients and exploration of possible cognitive underpinnings

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 521-536

  Menon, Mahesh ^a,d   Pomarol Clotet, Edith ^a,b   McKenna, Peter J ^c   McCarthy, Rosaleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental   (Spain)

^c FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; DELUSIONS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33845636928     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800544000046     Document Type: Article

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