Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 281-287 , 15 April 2002

Functional brain asymmetry and attentional modulation in young and stabilised schizophrenic patients: a dichotic listening study

  • Else-Marie Løberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sandviken University Hospital, University of Bergen, N-5035 Bergen, Norway
    • Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, N-5035 Bergen, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47-55-131139; fax: +47-55-958436
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  • Hugo A. Jørgensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sandviken University Hospital, University of Bergen, N-5035 Bergen, Norway
    • ,
  • Kenneth Hugdahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, N-5035 Bergen, Norway

Received 29 May 2001 ,Revised 22 January 2002 ,Accepted 27 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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