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Schizophrenia Flashcards

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What are the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia?

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  • difficulty sustaining attention
  • low psychomotor speed
  • learning and memory deficits
  • lower score on IQ tests
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What did Weinberger (1988) suggest explains negative cognitive symptoms of SZ?

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Hypofrontality (decreased activity of the frontal lobes), especially in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC)

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