Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 9-19 , 15 January 2008

Inhibitory control and spatial working memory: A saccadic eye movement study of negative symptoms in schizophrenia

  • Caroline Winograd-Gurvich

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
    • Brain Systems Research Laboratory, The Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Prahran, Victoria, 3004, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9905 9448; fax: +61 3 9905 3948.
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  • Paul B. Fitzgerald

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Prahran, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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  • Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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  • Lyn Millist

      Affiliations

    • Brain Systems Research Laboratory, The Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • Royal Melbourne Neurosciences, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia
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  • Owen White

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
    • Brain Systems Research Laboratory, The Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • Royal Melbourne Neurosciences, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia

Received 15 May 2006 ,Revised 4 September 2006 ,Accepted 3 February 2007.

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PII: S0165-1781(07)00034-0

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.004

Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 9-19 , 15 January 2008

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