title: Information processing deficits of schizophrenic children with formal thought disorder.
abstract: The relations among formal thought disorder, the partial report span of apprehension task, the distractibility factor on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), and IQ scores were examined in 31 schizophrenic children, aged 7.4 to 12.5 years. The partial report span of apprehension scores of the schizophrenic children correlated significantly with their illogical thinking scores. Their scores on loose associations were significantly associated with the WISC-R distractibility factor score. The attention/information processing deficits that might underlie the clinical manifestations of illogical thinking and loose associations in childhood onset schizophrenia are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Psychiatry, UCLA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caplan
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Foy
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Asarnow
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception; D013850:Thinking; D014888:Wechsler Scales