Selective deficit in spatial memory strategies contrast to intact response strategies in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders tested in a virtual navigation task

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1015-1024

  Wilkins, Leanne K ^a   Girard, Todd A ^a   Konishi, Kyoko ^b   King, Matthew ^a   Herdman, Katherine A ^c,d   King, Jelena ^c   Christensen, Bruce ^c   Bohbot, Veronique D ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caudate nucleus; Hippocampus; Navigational strategies; Response learning; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CAUDATE NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NAVIGATIONAL STRATEGIES; RESPONSE LEARNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886517652     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22189     Document Type: Article

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