Increased intra-subject reaction time variability in the volitional control of movement in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Karantinos, Thomas ^a   Tsoukas, Evangelos ^a   Mantas, Asimakis ^a   Kattoulas, Emmanouil ^a   Stefanis, Nicholas C ^a,b   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^a   Smyrnis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficit; Decision; Ex Gaussian; Manual response; Saccade; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DSM-IV; FINGER LIFT REACTION TIME TASK; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTARY SACCADE REACTION TIME TASK;

COGNITIVE DEFICIT; DECISION; EX-GAUSSIAN; MANUAL RESPONSE; SACCADE; SENSORIMOTOR;

ADULT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892837147     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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