Noise as a mechanism of anomalous face processing among persons with Schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calculation efficiency; Face orientation; Face perception; Internal noise; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885353916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00401     Document Type: Article

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