The nonlinear theory of schizophrenia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-35

  Breakspear, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos; Nonlinear dynamics; Schizophrenia; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHAOS THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33644764096     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01737.x     Document Type: Review

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