Perceptual organisation of configurai and nonconfigural visual patterns in schizophrenia: Effects of repeated exposure

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-223

  Silverstein, Steven M ^a,b   Bakshi, Shabnam ^a   Chapman, Robert M ^a   Nowlis, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0000351650     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468098396152     Document Type: Article

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