Sustained attention deficit along the psychosis proneness continuum: A study on the sustained attention to response task (SART)

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Wang, Ya ^a   Cheung, Eric F C ^b   Cui, Jifang ^c   Deng, Yongyu ^d   Yuan, Yanbo ^e   Ma, Zheng ^f   Yu, Xin ^e   Li, Zhanjiang ^f   Gong, Qiyong ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHONGKAI UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Schizophrenia spectrum disorder; Schizotypy; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINED ATTENTION RESPONSE TO TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349653144     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181b7ef84     Document Type: Article

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