Allocentric memory impaired and egocentric memory intact as assessed by virtual reality in recent-onset schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Weniger, Godehard ^a   Irle, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Explicit memory; Implicit memory; Navigation; Virtual maze; Virtual park

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 42749088254     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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