The reliability and clinical correlates of figure-ground perception in schizophrenia

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-283

  Malaspina, Dolores ^a   Simon, Naomi ^b   Goetz, Raymond R ^b   Corcoran, Cheryl ^b   Coleman, Eliza ^b   Printz, David ^b   Mujica Parodi, Lilianne ^b   Wolitzky, Rachel ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIGURE GROUND VISUAL PERCEPTION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 4544250299     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.16.3.277     Document Type: Article

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