Question structure impacts efficiency and performance in an interactive guessing game: Implications for strategy engagement and executive functioning

Abstract In an interactive guessing game, controls had higher performance and efficiency than patients with schizophrenia in correct trials. Patients’ difficulties generating efficient questions suggest an increased taxation of working memory and an inability to engage an appropriate strategy, leadi...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2012-12, Vol.200 (2), p.1026-1027
Main Authors: Longenecker, Julia, Liu, Kristy, Chen, Eric Y.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Executive Function
Female
Games, Experimental
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Reaction Time
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology
Strategy
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Summary:Abstract In an interactive guessing game, controls had higher performance and efficiency than patients with schizophrenia in correct trials. Patients’ difficulties generating efficient questions suggest an increased taxation of working memory and an inability to engage an appropriate strategy, leading to impulsive behavior and reduced success.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.06.022