Verbal fluency deficits in patients with schizophrenia: Semantic fluency is differentially impaired as compared with phonologic fluency

Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 573-577

  Gourovitch, Monica L ^a   Goldberg, Terry E ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029905588     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.10.4.573     Document Type: Article

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