Impaired Working Memory Capacity Is Not Caused by Failures of Selective Attention in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 366-373

  Erickson, Molly A ^a   Hahn, Britta ^a   Leonard, Carly J ^b   Robinson, Benjamin ^a   Gray, Brad ^a   Luck, Steven J ^b   Gold, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

schizophrenia; selective attention; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PATIENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84940854443     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu101     Document Type: Article

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