Building a clinically relevant cognitive task: Case study of the AX paradigm

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-628

  MacDonald III, Angus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral tasks; Context processing; Executive processes; Generalized deficit; Measurement; Schizophrenia; Testing; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HUMAN; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSCIENCES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 46949107704     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn038     Document Type: Review

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