The Puzzle of Processing Speed, Memory, and Executive Function Impairments in Schizophrenia: Fitting the Pieces Together

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 786-793

  Knowles, Emma E M ^a,b   Weiser, Mark ^c   David, Anthony S ^d   Glahn, David C ^a,b   Davidson, Michael ^c   Reichenberg, Abraham ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit symbol substitution; Information processing; Neuropsychology; Processing speed; Schizophrenia; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960809776     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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