Normal time course of auditory recognition in schizophrenia, despite impaired precision of the auditory sensory ('echoic') memory code

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  March, Lucy ^a   Cienfuegos, Angel ^a   Goldbloom, Lyra ^a   Ritter, Walter ^a   Cowan, Nelson ^b   Javitt, Daniel C ^c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASKING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033050616     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.1.69     Document Type: Article

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