Are masking abnormalities in schizophrenia limited to backward masking?

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-104

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Forward masking; Magnocellular; Masking; Schizophrenia; Vision; Visual

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MASKING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 58149145268     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802480168     Document Type: Review

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