Reaction time and sustained attention in schizophrenia and its genetic predisposition

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 76-85

  Birkett, P ^a,b   Sigmundsson, T ^b,c   Sharma, T ^d   Toulopoulou, T ^e   Griffiths, T D ^b,f   Reveley, A ^b   Murray, R ^e  

^a Academic Clinical Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d The Cognition Group   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Continuous performance test; Endophenotype; Intra individual variability; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548208313     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.05.030     Document Type: Article

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