Semantic memory is impaired in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 929-937

  McKay, A Paula ^d   McKenna, Peter J ^a   Bentham, Peter ^a   Mortimer, Ann M ^b   Holbery, Alison ^a   Hodges, John R ^c  

^a FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Fulbourn Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Memory; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029996520     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00250-2     Document Type: Article

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