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Carmen Leal-cercós

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Abnormal motor asymmetry only during bimanual movement in schizophrenic patients compared with healthy subjects.

2003

In schizophrenia, research on motor asymmetry has focused on the direction and the degree of handedness using unimanual motor tests and tasks. However, typically both hands collaborate in the production of most manual movements. This study explored motor asymmetry exhibited during unimanual and bimanual tasks in schizophrenic and healthy subjects using a new experimental motor battery. Specifically, the authors investigated the motor indices of laterality during finger-tapping and hand-turning tasks in four unimanual and four bimanual conditions in 84 schizophrenic and 31 healthy subjects, all right-handed. The schizophrenic patients showed reduced motor asymmetries only during bimanual tap…

AdultMalePsychosismedicine.medical_specialtyPsychometricsPsychometricsMotor ActivityNeuropsychological TestsLateralization of brain functionFunctional LateralityPhysical medicine and rehabilitationReference ValuesSchizophrenic PsychologymedicineHumansMotor asymmetryBiological PsychiatryBody movementmedicine.diseasePsychiatry and Mental healthSchizophreniaLateralitySchizophreniaFemaleSchizophrenic PsychologyPsychologyCognitive psychologySchizophrenia research
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Specific executive/attentional deficits in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder who have a positive family history of psychosis

2003

Neurocognitive impairments are well documented in patients with schizophrenia and their healthy first-degree biological relatives. Less is known about neuropsychological performance in bipolar disorders, but some studies indicate that, compared to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder displays a similar profile pattern with less severe deficits. The genetic and environmental contributions to the development of neurocognitive deficits are also unclear. This study explored the effect of a family history (FH) of psychotic disorders in first-degree relatives on a variety of cognitive domains (abstraction and flexibility, verbal fluency, verbal memory, motor activity and visual-motor processing/attent…

AdultMalePsychosismedicine.medical_specialtyBipolar DisorderAdolescentNeuropsychological TestsSeverity of Illness Indexmental disordersmedicineHumansVerbal fluency testAttentionBipolar disorderFirst-degree relativesPsychiatryBiological PsychiatryAgedNeuropsychologyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersPsychiatry and Mental healthPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaSchizophreniaFemaleVerbal memoryCognition DisordersPsychologyNeurocognitiveJournal of Psychiatric Research
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