Dedifferentiation and substitute strategy: Deconstructing the processing-speed impairment in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Knowles, Emma E M ^a,b   Weiser, Mark ^c   David, Anthony S ^a   Dickinson, Dwight ^d   Glahn, David ^b   Gold, James ^e   Davidson, Michael ^c   Reichenberg, Abraham ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Confirmatory factor modelling; Dedifferentiation; Processing speed; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869875010     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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