Neuropsychological deficits in individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis - Working memory as a potential trait marker

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 14-24

  Pflueger, Marlon O ^a   Gschwandtner, Ute ^a   Stieglitz, Rolf Dieter ^a   Riecher Rössler, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early detection; Individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis (ARMS); Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia prodrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEISTUNGSPRUFSYSTEM SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEHERFACHWALH WORTSCHATZ TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; TESTS FOR ATTENTIONAL PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF HANOI TEST; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 36048948939     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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