Preattentive visual search and perceptual grouping in schizophreni

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-162

  Carr, Vaughan J ^a   Dewis, Sally A M ^a   Lewin, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Mental processes; Reaction time; Schizophrenia; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032526572     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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