Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 55-63 , 30 November 2004

Intact figure-ground segmentation in schizophrenia

  • Michael H. Herzog

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41-21-693-9646; fax: +41-21-693-9645.
    • Laboratory of Psycophysics, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Sabine Kopmann

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Bremen Ost, Zuericher Str. 40, 28325, Bremen, Germany
    • ,
  • Andreas Brand

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    • Hospital Bremen Ost, Zuericher Str. 40, 28325, Bremen, Germany

Received 12 June 2003 ,Revised 23 March 2004 ,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.06.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 55-63 , 30 November 2004

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