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Evidence of systematic attenuation in the measurement of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: ) by as much as 50%. The results suggest that N-back tasks, as commonly designed, may underestimate patients' cognitive deficits as a result of nonoptimized measurement properties. Overall, this cautionary study provides a template for identifying and correcting measurement problems in clinical studies of abnormal cognition. (PsycINFO Database Record

Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/abn0000256

Authors: Michael L. Thomas, Virginie M. Patt, Andrew Bismark, Joyce Sprock, Melissa Tarasenko, Gregory A. Light, Gregory G. Brown

Institutions: San Diego State University, University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Awards: G180240944, Gating and Inhibiting in Schizophrenia, G6812436395, G9000086168, G9000117047, G9000347119

OpenAlex ID: W2594591240

FWCI: 1.129

Cites: 78

Cited by: 12

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