CNTRICS final task selection: Control of attention

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 182-196

  Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a,b   Luck, Steven J ^c   Lustig, Cindy ^d   Sarter, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Cognitive neuroscience; Treatment development

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 57749194219     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn158     Document Type: Review

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