Abstract

Recent studies have shown advantages of the atypical neuroleptic agent risperidone against conventional neuroleptic agents in order to enhance or maintain cognitive abilities. It is not yet clear whether unspecific or selective pharmacological manipulation of cognitive subprocesses is responsible for differences in psychometric tests. To answer this question we used the reaction-time decomposition task by Donders (1868) in a double-blind trial of haloperidol and risperidone.

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