Lateralised semantic and indirect semantic priming effects in people with schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue FEB., 1998, Pages 142-146

  Weisbrod, Matthias ^a   Maier, Sabine ^a   Harig, Sabine ^a   Himmelsbach, Ulrike ^a   Spitzer, Manfred ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031931189     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.172.2.142     Document Type: Article

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