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Impaired automatization of a cognitive skill in first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 28 Feb 2014
Wagshal Dana, Knowlton Barbara Jean, Cohen Jessica Rachel, Poldrack Russell Alan, Bookheimer Susan Yost, Bilder Robert Martin, Asarnow Robert Franklin
Abstract excerpt
We studied healthy, first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia to test the hypothesis that deficits in cognitive skill learning are associated with genetic liability to schizophrenia. Using the Weather Prediction Task (WPT), 23 healthy controls and 10 adult first-degree Relatives Of Schizophrenia (ROS) patients were examined to determine the extent to which cognitive skill learning was automated using...
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