Performance of schizophrenia and bipolar patients on verbal and figural working memory tasks

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 741-753

  Brown, Gregory G ^a   Lohr, James ^a   Notestine, Randy ^a   Turner, Travis ^b   Gamst, Anthony ^c   Eyler, Lisa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athematical model; Bipolar disorder; Schizophrenia; Short term working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38449093816     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.116.4.741     Document Type: Article

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