Isn't it ironic? Neural Correlates of Irony Comprehension in Schizophrenia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Rapp, Alexander M ^a   Langohr, Karin ^a   Mutschler, Dorothee E ^b   Klingberg, Stefan ^a   Wild, Barbara ^a   Erb, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IRONY COMPREHENSION; NERVE CELL; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84883825567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074224     Document Type: Article

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