Visual processing in schizophrenia: Structural equation modeling of visual masking performance

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 251-260

  Rassovsky, Yuri ^a,b   Green, Michael F ^a,b   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a,c   Breitmeyer, Bruno G ^d   Mintz, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacontrast; Neurocognition; Paracontrast; Schizophrenia; Visual masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL MASKING;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24344488979     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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