A cognitive neuroscience view of schizophrenic thought disorder

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-50

  Spitzer, Manfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

EID: 0031035561     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/23.1.29     Document Type: Article

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