The influence of idiomatic salience during the comprehension of ambiguous idioms by patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Iakimova, Galina ^a,d   Passerieux, Christine ^a   Denhière, Guy ^b   Laurent, Jean Paul ^c   Vistoli, Damien ^a   Vilain, Jeanne ^a   Hardy Baylé, Marie Christine ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Figurative language; Idiom; Salience; Schizophrenia; Thought disorder

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHLORPROMAZINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952091363     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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