Relationships between season of birth, schizotypy, temperament, character and neurocognition in a non-clinical population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 69-75

  Hori, Hiroaki ^a   Teraishi, Toshiya ^a   Sasayama, Daimei ^a   Matsuo, Junko ^a   Kawamoto, Yumiko ^a   Kinoshita, Yukiko ^a   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Character; Cognitive function; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal personality; Season of birth; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; CHARACTER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WINTER; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856415305     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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