"Theory of mind" and executive functioning in forensic patients with schizophrenia

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Majorek, Karina ^a   Wolfkühler, Wiebke ^a   Küper, Christian ^b   Saimeh, Nahlah ^c   Juckel, Georg ^a   Brüne, Martin ^a,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Department of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry   (Germany)

^c LWL Hospital Lippstadt   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excitement; Executive functioning; Forensic science; Intelligence; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 60849118371     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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