The game of chess enhances cognitive abilities in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-113

  Demily, Caroline ^a,b   Cavézian, Céline ^c   Desmurget, Michel ^a   Berquand Merle, Mathieu ^d   Chambon, Valérian ^a   Franck, Nicolas ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b Hopital Saint Jean de Dieu   (France)

^c TREAT VISION   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHESS; COGNITION; GAME; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 58149121065     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.09.024     Document Type: Letter

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