Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 181-188 , 15 September 2005

Eye tracking in schizophrenia: Does the antisaccade task measure anything that the smooth pursuit task does not?

Received 26 January 2004 ,Revised 3 December 2004 ,Accepted 3 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.12.008

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