Two-point discrimination thresholds and schizotypy: Illuminating a somatosensory dysfunction

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-124

  Lenzenweger, Mark F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropsychology; Proprioception; Psychosis proneness; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy; Somatosensory thresholds; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034616068     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00120-6     Document Type: Article

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