Verbal learning and memory and their associations with brain morphology and illness course in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 698-713

  Rannikko, Irina ^a,b   Paavola, Liisa ^c   Haapea, Marianne ^b,c   Huhtaniska, Sanna ^b   Miettunen, Jouko ^b   Veijola, Juha ^b,c   Murray, Graham K ^d   Barnes, Anna ^d,e   Wahlberg, Karl Erik ^b,f   Isohanni, Matti ^b,c   Jääskelinen, Erika ^b,c  

^a OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Brain morphology; California Verbal Learning Test; FMRIB Software Library; Population based; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Verbal learning; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84864987691     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.668875     Document Type: Article

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