Phonological fluency is uniquely impaired in Japanese-speaking schizophrenia patients: Confirmation study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 672-675

  Suga, Motomu ^a   Uetsuki, Miki ^b   Takizawa, Ryu ^a   Araki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hakodate Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

category fluency test; phonological fluency test; schizophrenia; semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PHONETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84255173246     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02281.x     Document Type: Article

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