Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , 28 February 2007

The role of retrieval inhibition in the associative memory impairment of schizophrenia

  • Christopher G. AhnAllen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, United States
    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System–Brockton Division, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 940 Belmont St., Psychiatry 116A, Brockton, MA 02301, United States
    • ,
  • Paul G. Nestor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, United States
    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System–Brockton Division, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 940 Belmont St., Psychiatry 116A, Brockton, MA 02301, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychiatry 116A, Brockton VAMC, 940 Belmont St., Brockton, MA 02301, United States. Tel.: +1 508 583 4500x61506; fax: +1 508 580 0059.
    • ,
  • Robert W. McCarley

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System–Brockton Division, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 940 Belmont St., Psychiatry 116A, Brockton, MA 02301, United States
    • ,
  • Martha E. Shenton

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System–Brockton Division, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 940 Belmont St., Psychiatry 116A, Brockton, MA 02301, United States
    • Surgical Planning Laboratory, MRI Division, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 75 Francis St., L1050, Boston, MA 02115, United States

Received 23 May 2005 ,Revised 13 February 2006 ,Accepted 4 July 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00199-5

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.07.001

Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , 28 February 2007

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