Psychiatry Research
Volume 190, Issue 2 , Pages 167-171 , 30 December 2011

Perceptual priming in schizophrenia evaluated by word fragment and word stem completion

  • María José Soler

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, 46010, Valencia, Spain. Tel.: +34 963864822; fax: +34 963864517.
    • ,
  • Juan Carlos Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Martín Vargas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, “Complejo Asistencial” of Segovia, Spain
    • ,
  • Carmen Dasí

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Inma Fuentes

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Spain

Received 29 March 2011 ,Revised 28 July 2011 ,Accepted 2 August 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 190, Issue 2 , Pages 167-171 , 30 December 2011

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