Pragmatic and executive dysfunction in schizophrenia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-296

  Champagne Lavau, Maud ^a,c   Stip, Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; Non literal language; Pragmatic; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76049118194     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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