Perceptual organization impairment in schizophrenia and associated brain mechanisms: Review of research from 2005 to 2010

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 690-699

  Silverstein, Steven M ^a,b   Keane, Brian P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

binding; cognition; cognitive; disorganization; integration; neuroscience; perception; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959699223     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr052     Document Type: Review

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