Schizophrenia affects working memory in a process- and modality-specific way

• Conditions: madness; psychotic disorder; 10039628

• Registration Number: NL-OMON30563
• Lead Sponsor: Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Patiënts have to meet the ICD10 or DSMIV criteria for schizophrenia. Patiënts will have to be stable for a significant period and are receiving anti-psychotics.
Controls have to meet matching-criteria (estimated intelligence, age, gender).

Exclusion Criteria

For patiënts and controls: influence by drugs other than medication (e.g. sedating drugs, sleeping medication). We try to control for the Extra Pyramidal Syndrome (EPS), which is known to slow reaction times.
Controls with a psychiatric or neurologic history of illness.
Participants with dyslexia will be excluded. The number of left-handed participants will be minimized.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Reaction times and errors made while comparing the patientpopulation with the<br /><br>control group. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>none</p><br>