Latent inhibition, learned irrelevance, and schizotypy: Assessing their relationship

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-29

  Schmidt Hansen, Mia ^a,b   Killcross, A S ^a   Honey, R C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latent inhibition; Learned irrelevance; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT INHIBITION; LEARNED IRRELEVANCE; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549085396     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800802664539     Document Type: Article

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