Increased unconscious semantic activation in schizophrenia patients with formal thought disorder

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Kiefer, Markus ^a   Martens, Ulla ^a,b   Weisbrod, Matthias ^c,d   Hermle, Leo ^e   Spitzer, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d SRH Klinikum   (Germany)

^e Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Language; Semantic memory; Thought disorder; Unconscious cognition; Unconscious semantic priming

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASKING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SEMANTIC MEMORY; THINKING; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849113114     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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