Illusory conjunctions and perceptual grouping in a visual search task in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-81

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Mental processes; Optical illusions; Schizophrenia; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032572520     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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