Psychiatry Research
Volume 166, Issue 2 , Pages 174-183 , 30 April 2009

Time perception and its neuropsychological correlates in patients with schizophrenia and in healthy volunteers

  • Kwang-Hyuk Lee

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sheffield Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory (SCANLab), Academic Clinical Psychiatry, Section of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, The Longley Centre, Norwood Grange Drive Sheffield, S5 7JT, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 114 226 1501; fax: +44 114 226 1522.
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  • Rajinder S. Bhaker

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    • These authors made an equal contribution to the article.
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  • Ashok Mysore
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  • Randolph W. Parks
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  • Paul B.L. Birkett
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  • Peter W.R. Woodruff

Received 20 November 2006 ,Revised 19 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.03.004

Psychiatry Research
Volume 166, Issue 2 , Pages 174-183 , 30 April 2009

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