Pupillary responses and attentional allocation problems on the backward masking task in schizophrenia

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-51

  Granholm, Eric ^a,b   Verney, Steven P ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Backward masking task; Pupillary response; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYDRIASIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MASKING;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542357316     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.12.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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