Intra-individual variability in high-functioning patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Rentrop, Mirjam ^a   Rodewald, Katlehn ^a   Roth, Alexander ^a   Simon, Joe ^a   Walther, Stephan ^a   Fiedler, Peter ^a   Weisbrod, Matthias ^a,b   Kaiser, Stefan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SRH Hospital Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CPT; Ex Gaussian distribution; Go nogo; Intra individual variability; Schizophrenia; Work capability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EFFECT SIZE; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 78650055808     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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