Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 15 January 2008

Comprehension of metaphor and irony in schizophrenia during remission: The role of theory of mind and IQ

  • Shuliang Mo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Peking University, 5 Yihe Yuan Road, Beijing, 100871, PR China
    • ,
  • Yanjie Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Peking University, 5 Yihe Yuan Road, Beijing, 100871, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 62751833; fax: +86 10 62756460.
    • ,
  • Raymond C.K. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
    • Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
    • ,
  • Jianxin Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, Beijing Anding Hospital, Beijing, 100008, China

Received 11 October 2005 ,Revised 16 February 2006 ,Accepted 1 April 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00102-8

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.04.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 15 January 2008

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