The continuous performance test, identical pairs: Norms, reliability and performance in healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia in Singapore

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 233-240

  Rapisarda, Attilio ^a,b   Kraus, Michael ^c   Tan, Yi Wen ^a   Lam, Max ^a   Eng, Goi Khia ^a   Lee, Jimmy ^a,d   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Collinson, Simon L ^b   Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Keefe, Richard S E ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attention; Continuous performance test; CPT IP; Normative data; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST IDENTICAL PAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901851540     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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