Decreased processing speed might account for working memory span deficit in schizophrenia, and might mediate the associations between working memory span and clinical symptoms

European Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 473-478

  Brebion G ^a   Stephan Otto, C ^a   Huerta Ramos, E ^a   Usall, J ^a   Perez del Olmo, M ^a   Contel, M ^a   Haro, J M ^a   Ochoa, S ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Negative symptoms; Processing speed; Schizophrenia; Thought disorganisation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT COPY TEST; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT DISORDER; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908213937     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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