An Examination of the Relative Contribution of Saturation and Selective Attention to Memory Deficits in Patients With Recent-Onset Schizophrenia and Their Unaffected Parents

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-70

  Cellard, Caroline ^a,b   Lefèbvre, Andrée Anne ^a,b   Maziade, Michel ^b   Roy, Marc André ^b   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

memory load; schizophrenia; selective attention; short term memory; unaffected relatives

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77249166142     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018397     Document Type: Article

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