Semantic context-processing deficit in thought-disordered schizophrenic patients: Evidence from new semantic priming paradigms

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-189

  Besche Richard, Chrystel ^a   Passerieux, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0042265759     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800244000274     Document Type: Article

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