Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 271-285 , 1 August 2003

Visual scanpaths to threat-related faces in deluded schizophrenia

  • Melissa J Green

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS), Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. Tel.: +61-2-9850-9434; fax: +61-2-9850-6059
    • ,
  • Leanne M Williams

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
    • The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • ,
  • Dean Davidson

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia

Received 7 August 2002 ,Revised 10 April 2003 ,Accepted 16 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00129-X

Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 271-285 , 1 August 2003

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