Correlations between executive function, decision-making and impulsivity are disrupted in schizophrenia versus controls

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 168-171

  Wing, Victoria Caroline ^a,c   Rabin, Rachel Allison ^b,c   Wass, Caroline Emma ^a,b   George, Tony Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Correlation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; KIRBY DELAY DISCOUNTING TASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872608582     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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