Contribution of coherent motion to the perception of biological motion among persons with schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Spencer, Justine M Y ^a   Sekuler, Allison B ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a   Christensen, Bruce K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Global mechanisms; Local mechanisms; Motion; Paranoid; Perception; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885352688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00507     Document Type: Article

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