Evidence for impaired visual context processing in schizotypy with thought disorder

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Uhlhaas, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Silverstein, Steven M ^b   Phillips, William A ^a   Lovell, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive coordination; Perceptual organization; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy; Thought disorder; Visual context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; VISION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942536973     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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