Reduced sensitivity to linguistic context in schizophrenic thought disorder: Evidence from on-line monitoring for words in linguistically anomalous sentences

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-434

  Kuperberg, Gina R ^a,c   McGuire, Philip K ^b   David, Anthony S ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MONITORING; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031871857     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.107.3.423     Document Type: Article

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