Semantic priming effects in Schizophrenia

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-145

  Rossell, Susan L ^a   Stefanovic, Ana ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERPs; Schizophrenia; Semantic memory; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTIFACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 34248994371     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340007780599050     Document Type: Review

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