Functional asymmetries in schizophrenia and their relationship to cognitive performance

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Sakuma, Michael ^a   Hoff, Anne L ^b   DeLisi, Lynn E ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Napa State Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

dichotic listening; laterality; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030298402     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02818-1     Document Type: Review

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