Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 159-171 , 28 February 2005

Dynamical quantification of schizophrenic speech

  • Fabrice Leroy

      Affiliations

    • UFR de Psychologie, Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille 3), Domaine Universitaire du Pont de Bois, F59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq., France
    • Institut International Erasme - Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. UFR de Psychologie, Domaine Universitaire du Pont de Bois, F59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq., France.
    • ,
  • Laurent Pezard

      Affiliations

    • Institut International Erasme - Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3, France
    • Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale, LENACNRS UPR 640, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Bd de l'Hôpital, F75651 Paris cedex 13, France
    • Institut de Psychologie, Université René Descartes, 71 Bd Ed. Vaillant, F92774 Boulogne-Billancourt cedex, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Nandrino

      Affiliations

    • UFR de Psychologie, Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille 3), Domaine Universitaire du Pont de Bois, F59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq., France
    • Institut International Erasme - Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3, France
    • ,
  • Daniel Beaune

      Affiliations

    • UFR de Psychologie, Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille 3), Domaine Universitaire du Pont de Bois, F59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq., France

Received 13 September 2003 ,Revised 26 April 2004 ,Accepted 29 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.07.009

Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 159-171 , 28 February 2005

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