| Abstract: | A nonverbal concept identification task involving easy and difficult subtests was given to groups of process and reactive schizophrenic, brain-damaged, and control patients. The same test was administered twice. Brain-damaged and process schizophrenic groups had poorer overall performance than the other 2 groups but did not differ from each other significantly. However, patterns of improvement on the easy and difficult subtests were different for the schizophrenic vs. brain-damaged groups. Implications for "organic" vs. "functional" explanations of process schizophrenia were discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
