Neuropsychological deficits, syndromes, and cognitive competency in schizophrenia
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Neuropsychological deficits, syndromes, and cognitive competency in schizophrenia.
INTRODUCTION Neuropsychological functioning connects neuropathology and symptoms in schizophrenia. Previous work suggests that deficient initiation and inhibition underlie the psychomotor poverty and disorganisation syndromes, respectively. Furthermore, although the syndromes are associated with impairments in everyday functioning, cognitive competency (CC; cognitive skills for independent livi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1354-6805,1464-0619
DOI: 10.1080/13546800444000100