Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 15 April 2002

Procedural memory in schizophrenia assessed using a mirror reading task

  • Kazuko Takano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    • Shounan Hospital, Sukagawa City, Fukushima 962-0403, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Futaba-Kohsei Hospital, 100 Kubomae, Niyama, Futaba-Machi, Futaba-Gun, Fukushima 979-1472, Japan. Tel.: +81-240-332-151; fax: +81-240-332-129
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  • Mitsuhiro Ito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    • Ichiyokai Hospital, 15-27 Yashima-Cho, Fukushima City, Fukushima 960-8136, Japan
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  • Koji Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Natsumi Sonobe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Sadatoshi Kurosu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Yukiko Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Satoshi Takeuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Mitsuo Uchiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Masahiro Kanno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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  • Shin-Ichi Niwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan

Received 24 November 1999 ,Revised 20 June 2001 ,Accepted 16 August 2001.

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Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 15 April 2002

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