Qualitative Evaluation of Divergent Thinking in Patients with Schizophrenia

Patients with schizophrenia show deficits across a broad spectrum of neurocognitive domains. In particular, deficits in verbal fluency are common. Verbal fluency tests are neuropsychological tests that assess frontal lobe function or executive function but also assess divergent thinking. However, fe...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Nemoto, Masafumi Mizuno, Haruo Kashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/386932