Sensory and motor encoding strategies in n-back tasks: A simulation of schizophrenic working memory deficits in healthy subjects

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-146

  Lis, Stefanie ^a   Apostolopoulos, Jannis ^a   Kirsch, Peter ^a,b,c   Gallhofer, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Central Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor encoding; n Back task; Reaction time; Schizophrenia; Sensory encoding; Simulation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATIENT SIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651251104     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319459     Document Type: Article

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