A pilot study exploring the contribution of working memory to jumping to conclusions in people with first episode psychosis

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-114

  Ormrod, John ^a   Shaftoe, Debra ^a,b   Cavanagh, Kate ^c   Freeston, Mark ^a   Turkington, Douglas ^a   Price, Jason ^d   Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b South of Tyne Early Intervention Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beads task; Neuropsychology; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84856940016     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2011.569372     Document Type: Article

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