Assessing the Relationship between Semantic Processing and Thought Disorder Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 629-638

  Tan, Eric Josiah ^a,b   Neill, Erica ^a,b   Rossell, Susan Lee ^a,b  

^a Alfred Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuum; Disorganized store; Fluency; Overactivation; Semantic memory; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

EID: 84944513213     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617715000648     Document Type: Article

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