Cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder

Thesis

To align the neuropsychological functioning of our adult euthymic patient group with that reported in previous studies on euthymic bipolar disorder (BD), we used a neuropsychological battery that examined sustained attention (Rapid Visual Information Processing Task), verbal memory (California Verbal Learning Task), executive functioning (Intradimensional-Extradimensional Shift Task, Barrett Impulsivity Task, and Framing Task), and emotion responsiveness/regulation (Positive Affect/Negativ...

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Authors: Weathers, J

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: motor inhibition; response flexibility; Bipolar disorder; neuropsychological testing
• Subjects: Emotion research; Cognitive Neuroscience; Bipolar disorder; Child and adolescent psychiatry