Familial loading associates with impairment in visual span among healthy siblings of schizophrenia patients
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 September 2003
Annamari Tuulio‐Henriksson, Ritva Arajärvi, Timo Partonen, Jari Haukka, Teppo Varilo, Marjut Schreck
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The finding that the multiplex vs. singleton differences were selective to the backward visual span task, strengthens the view that the visual domain of working memory may provide a valuable endophenotypic marker for genetic schizophrenia studies.
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The finding that the multiplex vs. singleton differences were selective to the backward visual span task, strengthens the view that the visual domain of working memory may provide a valuable endophenotypic marker for genetic schizophrenia studies.
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