Preliminary evidence of improved verbal working memory performance and normalization of task-related frontal lobe activation in schizophrenia following cognitive exercises.

|WbObjective:[|WB] The authors' goal was to evaluate the possibility of treating brain and behavioral aspects of verbal memory dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia through cognitive exercises. |WbMethod:[|WB] Eight patients did daily verbal memory exercises that became progressively more dif...

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Published in:	American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 157; no. 10; pp. 1694 - 1698
Main Authors:	Wexler, Bruce E., Anderson, Margot, Fulbright, Robert K.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. October 2000
Subjects:	Short-term memory Frontal lobe Schizophrenia Brain function localization
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