Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , 15 May 2005

Poor antisaccade performance in schizophrenia: An inhibition deficit?

  • Benedikt Reuter

      Affiliations

    • Institut fuer Psychologie, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, DE-12489 Berlin, Germany
    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Klinik, Muenchen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institut fuer Psychologie, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, DE-12489 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 2093 6823; fax: +49 30 2093 4859.
    • ,
  • Lucie Rakusan

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Klinik, Muenchen, Germany
    • ,
  • Norbert Kathmanna

      Affiliations

    • Institut fuer Psychologie, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, DE-12489 Berlin, Germany
    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Klinik, Muenchen, Germany

Received 9 November 2004 ,Accepted 27 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.12.006

Psychiatry Research
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