Building a neurocognitive profile of thought disorder in schizophrenia using a standardized test battery

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 242-245

  Tan, E J ^a   Rossell, S L ^a,b  

^a Monash University Central Clinical School and The Alfred Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Executive function; MATRICS; Neurocognition; Schizophrenia; Semantic processing; Thought disorder

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIEF ASSESSMENT OF COGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA; BRIEF VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; D KEFS COLOR WORD INTERFERENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST REVISED; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER NUMBER SPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRICS CONSENSUS COGNITIVE BATTERY; MAYER SALOVEY CARUSO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STANDARDIZED TEST BATTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; COLOR WORD INTERFERENCE TEST; CONSENSUS COGNITIVE BATTERY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL TASK; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEMANTICS; WORKING MEMORY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MATRICS; NEUROCOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTIC PROCESSING; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84891634136     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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