Intact and deficient feature fusion in schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-418

  Brand, Andreas ^a   Kopmann, Sabine ^a   Marbach, Sonja ^a   Heinze, Martin ^a   Herzog, Michael H ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Binding problem; Early visual processing; Feature fusion; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISION;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 29844447976     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-005-0590-x     Document Type: Article

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