Neurocognitive decrements are present in intellectually superior schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Vaskinn, Anja ^a,b   Ueland, Torill ^b   Melle, Ingrid ^a,b   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,b,c   Andreassen, Ole A ^a,b   Sundet, Kjetil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; IQ; Neuropsychology; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FINE MOTOR FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUALLY LOW SCHIZOPHRENIA; INTELLECTUALLY NORMAL SCHIZOPHRENIA; INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR SCHIZOPHRENIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROCOGNITIVE DECREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT CODING; PHONEMIC FLUENCY; PROCESSING SPEED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTIC FLUENCY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84904511761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00045     Document Type: Article

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