Visual masking in schizophrenia: Overview and theoretical implications

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 700-708

  Green, Michael F ^a,b   Lee, Junghee ^a,b   Wynn, Jonathan K ^a,b   Mathis, Kristopher I ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

neural tuning; schizophrenia; visual masking; visual processing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MASKING IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959706725     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr051     Document Type: Review

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