Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 293-306 , 1 August 2003

Behavioural dysregulation of decision-making in deficit but not nondeficit schizophrenia patients

  • Katja Ludewig

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Services of Aargau Canton, Department of Research, Zürcherstrasse, P.O. Box 298, Brugg 5201, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41-56-4622320; fax: +41-56-4622521
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  • Martin P Paulus

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biological Dynamics and Theoretical Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Franz X Vollenweider

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 6 March 2002 ,Revised 10 April 2003 ,Accepted 28 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00103-3

Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 293-306 , 1 August 2003

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