Impaired performance on the Rapid Visual Information Processing task (RVIP) could be an endophenotype of schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Hilti, Caroline Claudia ^a   Hilti, Leonie Maria ^a   Heinemann, Doerthe ^b   Robbins, Trevor ^c   Seifritz, Erich ^a   Cattapan Ludewig, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family history of schizophrenia; Performance over time; Sensitivity; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952092445     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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