Vision in schizophrenia: Why it matters

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Silverstein, Steven ^a   Keane, Brian P ^a   Blake, Randolph ^b   Giersch, Anne ^c   Green, Michael ^d   Kéri, Szabolcs ^e  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blindness; Brain; Cognition; Perception; Risk; Schizophrenia; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926465506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00041     Document Type: Editorial

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