Easier Tasks Can Have Higher Processing Loads: Task Difficulty and Cognitive Resource Limitations in Schizophrenia

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-363

  Fish, Scott C ^a,b   Granholm, Eric ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

distractibility; generalized deficit; pupillary response; schizophrenia; task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MYDRIASIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; RECORDING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 44449096797     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.355     Document Type: Article

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