Slow and steady: Sustained effects of lexico-semantic associations can mediate referential impairments in schizophrenia

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-258

  Ditman, Tali ^a,b   Goff, Donald ^b   Kuperberg, Gina R ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphor; Comprehension; Context; Discourse; ERPs; Language; Referential impairment; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 80051625157     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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