Intact feature fusion in schizophrenic patients

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 281-288

  Brand, Andreas ^b   Kopmann, Sabine ^a   Herzog, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Binding problem; Early visual processing; Feature fusion; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKWARD MASKING; BINDING PROBLEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATURE FUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4944236801     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0493-2     Document Type: Article

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