Understanding anhedonia in schizophrenia through lexical analysis of natural speech

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-586

  Cohen, Alex S ^a   St Hilaire, Annie ^b   Aakre, Jennifer M ^a   Docherty, Nancy M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Ambivalence; Anhedonia; Deficit; Emotion; Negative; Schizophrenia; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECALL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 68049125879     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802044651     Document Type: Article

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