Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 257-267 , 15 March 2004

Borderline personality disorder: impaired visual perception and working memory

  • Andreas Stevens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Osianderstr. 22, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-7071-2982322; fax: +49-7071-2941-41
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  • Michaela Burkhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Osianderstr. 22, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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  • Martin Hautzinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Jürgen Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Osianderstr. 22, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Christine Unckel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Received 29 July 2003 ,Revised 3 October 2003 ,Accepted 18 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 3 , Pages 257-267 , 15 March 2004

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