Mental imagery vividness as a trait marker across the schizophrenia spectrum

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Oertel, Viola ^a   Rotarska Jagiela, Anna ^a   van de Ven, Vincent ^b   Haenschel, Corinna ^a,c   Grube, Michael ^d   Stangier, Ulrich ^e   Maurer, Konrad ^a   Linden, David E J ^a,f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Eye Hospital   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First degree relatives; Hallucinations; Mental imagery; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL IMAGERY; MENTAL IMAGERY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 64849112665     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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