An event-related brain potential study of direct and indirect semantic priming in schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-81

  Kiang, Michael ^a   Kutas, Marta ^a   Light, Gregory A ^a   Braff, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; DELUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39049159162     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050763     Document Type: Article

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