Paracontrast and metacontrast in schizophrenia: Clarifying the mechanism for visual masking deficits

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Rassovsky, Yuri ^a,b,c   Green, Michael F ^a,b   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a,c   Breitmeyer, Bruno ^d   Mintz, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Metacontrast; Neurocognition; Paracontrast; Schizophrenia; Visual masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MASKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4944222808     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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