Perceptual organization, the disorganization syndrome, and context processing in chronic schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Silverstein, Steven M ^a   Kovács, Ilona ^b   Corry, Rodney ^a   Valone, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context processing; Contour integration; Disorganization syndrome; Perceptual organization; Visual information processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORGANIZED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0343183926     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00180-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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