Impaired precision, but normal retention, of auditory sensory ('echoic') memory information in schizophrenia

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-324

  Javitt, Daniel C ^b   Strous, Rael D ^c   Grochowski, Sandra ^c   Ritter, Walter ^c   Cowan, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Nathan Kline Inst Psychiat Res ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030936208     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.2.315     Document Type: Article

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