Proverb comprehension impairments in schizophrenia are related to executive dysfunction

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 132-139

  Thoma, Patrizia ^a   Hennecke, Marie ^a   Mandok, Tobias ^a   Wähner, Alfred ^b   Brüne, Martin ^b   Juckel, Georg ^b   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cognitive estimation; Divided attention; Non literal language; Response inhibition; Set shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; DISULFIRAM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449522393     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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