Sensitivity to linguistic anomalies in spoken sentences: A case study approach to understanding thought disorder in schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 345-357

  Kuperberg, Gina R ^a   McGuire, P K ^b   David, A S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISORDER; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 0034095907     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700001744     Document Type: Article

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