Contextual suppression and protection in schizophrenic patients

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-216

  Roinishvili, Maya ^a   Chkonia, Eka ^b   Brand, Andreas ^c   Herzog, Michael H ^d  

^a Georgia   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Early visual processing; Perceptual disorders; Schizophrenia; Vernier

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASK; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 43049089405     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-007-0780-9     Document Type: Article

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