Are high-schizotypal normal participants distractible or limited in attentional resources? A study of latent inhibition as a function of masking task load and schizotypy level

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 659-670

  Braunstein Bercovitz, Hedva ^a   Lubow, R E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT INHIBITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASKING; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 0031791384     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.107.4.659     Document Type: Article

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