TY - JOUR
T1 - Building a neurocognitive profile of thought disorder in schizophrenia using a standardized test battery
AU - Tan, Eric
AU - Rossell, Susan Lee
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A core symptom of schizophrenia is thought disorder (TD). The cognitive abilities of semantic processing and executive function are argued to be etiologically linked to TD. However, there has been no comprehensive investigation of neurocognition in TD to date. The neurocognitive profile of 58 schizophrenia patients and 48 healthy controls was examined using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery and the D-KEFS Color-Word Interference Test. TD patients performed more poorly than non-TD patients on the cognitive domains of Verbal Learning and Inhibition, reflective of semantic and executive function respectively, confirming their critical roles over and above other cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
AB - A core symptom of schizophrenia is thought disorder (TD). The cognitive abilities of semantic processing and executive function are argued to be etiologically linked to TD. However, there has been no comprehensive investigation of neurocognition in TD to date. The neurocognitive profile of 58 schizophrenia patients and 48 healthy controls was examined using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery and the D-KEFS Color-Word Interference Test. TD patients performed more poorly than non-TD patients on the cognitive domains of Verbal Learning and Inhibition, reflective of semantic and executive function respectively, confirming their critical roles over and above other cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092099641300594X
U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 152
SP - 242
EP - 245
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
IS - 1
ER -