Visual encoding impairment in patients with schizophrenia: Contribution of reduced working memory span, decreased processing speed, and affective symptoms

Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-24

  Brébion, Gildas ^a   Stephan Otto, Christian ^a   Huerta Ramos, Elena ^a   Ochoa, Susana ^a   Usall, Judith ^a   Abellán Vega, Helena ^a   Roca, Mercedes ^a   Haro, Josep Maria ^a  

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

Author keywords

Affective symptoms; Processing speed; Schizophrenia; Visual memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VELOCITY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; COMPLICATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84925854970     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000104     Document Type: Article

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