Specific linguistic and pragmatic deficits in Italian patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Tavano, Alessandro ^a   Sponda, Silvia ^b   Fabbro, Franco ^a   Perlini, Cinzia ^b   Rambaldelli, Gianluca ^b   Ferro, Adele ^b   Cerruti, Stefania ^b   Tansella, Michele ^b   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispheric lateralization; Idiom; Language; Metaphor; Psychosis; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METAPHOR; NARRATION; PHONETICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46249095245     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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