Behavioral and electrophysiological approaches to understanding language dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders: Insights from the study of schizophrenia

The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 67-95

  Kuperber, Gina R ^a   Ditman, Tali ^a   Kreher, Donna A ^b   Goldberg, Terry E ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511642197.009     Document Type: Chapter

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