Psychiatry Research
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 179-187 , 30 August 2006

Impairment of event schema in patients with schizophrenia: Examination of script for shopping at supermarket

  • Mié Matsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan. Tel.: +81 76 434 7448; fax: +81 76 434 5005.
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  • Tomiki Sumiyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiromi Yuuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Kanade Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayoshi Kurachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Received 9 February 2005 ,Revised 31 August 2005 ,Accepted 18 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.006

Psychiatry Research
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 179-187 , 30 August 2006

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