The Müller-Lyer Illusion as a Tool for Schizophrenia Screening

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 91-100

  Pessoa, Valdir F ^a   Fuentes, Victoria Monge ^a   Simon, Claudia Y ^a   Suganuma, Elisa ^a   Tavares, Maria Clotilde H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

capuchin monkeys; M ller Lyer illusion; schizophrenia; visual illusion; visual perception

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MONKEY; MULLER LYER ILLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 48849101319     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2008.19.2-3.91     Document Type: Article

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