Behavioural vigilance in schizophrenia: Evidence for hyperattentional processing

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 781-789

  Mar, Corinne M ^a   Smith, David A ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029963742     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.781     Document Type: Article

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