文档介绍：TheCog nitive
Neuropsychologyof
Schizophrenia
ChristopherD Frith
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Frith,Christopher D.
CognitiveNeuropsychology ofSchizophrenia. _
(EssaysinCogniti veNeuropsychology Series,ISSN 0959-4779)
II. Series
ISBN0-86377-224-2 (Hbk)
Printed andbound Wheaton8Ltd., Exeter
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Contents
PROLOGUE
xi
1. THE NATURE OF scmzoPHRENIA 1
Whatis schizophrenia 1
Problemswith diagnosis 7
Classifyingsigns symptoms
Explainingschizophreniaand orexplaining 9 symptoms?12
2. BRAIN ABNORMALITIES scmzoPHRENIA 15
IN
Thedopamine theory ofschizophrenia 16
Structuralbrainchanges inschizophrenia 21
Isschizophrenia aneurodegenerative disease?23
CONTENTSIx
viiiCONTENTS
3. LINKING THE THE BRAIN 25
MIND AND
Somephilosophical problems25 Appendices 135
Problemsinstudying psychological impairmentsin
schizophrenia31
Linkingpsychological abnormalities withbrain dysfunction 34 References139
A neuropsychologyofschizophrenia 37
Author Index 157
4. BEHAVIOURAL ABNORMALITIES 41
NegativeandPositive signs 41 SubjectIndex 165
Howdo the behavioural abnormalities ofschizophrenia relateto
thebrain? 53
Brainsystems underlying theselection ofaction 61
5. POSITIVESYMPTOMS, ABNORMAL EXPERIENCES
65