Is semantic verbal fluency impairment explained by executive function deficits in schizophrenia?
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A meta-analytic review of verbal fluency deficits in schizophrenia relative to other neurocognitive deficits.
INTRODUCTION A prominent view in the neuropsychological literature is that schizophrenia is particularly associated with executive dysfunction, yet in a meta-analytic review it was concluded that, relative to their general level of intellectual functioning, schizophrenics are not disproportionately impaired on a measure of this construct, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). However, verbal ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1809-452X,1516-4446
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1663