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Sustained attention in young people at high risk for schizophrenia.
Psychological medicine - 1 Feb 2002
Cosway R, Byrne M, Clafferty R, Hodges A, Grant E, Morris J, Abukmeil S S, Lawrie S M, Miller P, Owens D G C, Johnstone E C
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BACKGROUND: Sustained attention has been found to be impaired in individuals suffering from schizophrenia and their close relatives. This has led to the hypothesis that impaired sustained attention is an indicator of vulnerability to schizophrenia. METHODS: The Edinburgh High Risk Study used the Continuous Performance Test-Identical Pairs version (CPT-IP) to assess sustained attention in 127 high risk...
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