Abnormal functioning of the semantic network in schizophrenia patients with thought disorganization. An exemplar production task

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Brébion, Gildas ^a   Stephan Otto, Christian ^a   Huerta Ramos, Elena ^a   Usall, Judith ^a   Ochoa, Susana ^a   Roca, Mercedes ^a   Abellán Vega, Helena ^a   Haro, Josep Maria ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective flattening; Schizophrenia; Semantic activation; Thought dizorganisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE FLATTENING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; THOUGHT DISORDER; THOUGHT DISORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

EID: 84872618480     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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