Verbal and visuospatial working memory development and deficits in children and adolescents with schizophrenia

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-313

  White, Tonya ^a,c   Schmidt, Marcus ^b   Karatekin, Canan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early onset schizophrenia; Encoding; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958583564     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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