Schizophrenia Research
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 65-73 , 15 December 2003

Semantic hyperpriming in thought-disordered patients with schizophrenia: state or trait?—a longitudinal investigation

  • Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-221-478-4825/4001; fax: +49-221-478-3738.
    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraβe 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany
    • Present address: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann Strasse 9, D-50931, Cologne, Germany.
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  • Tatjana Voss

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraβe 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany
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  • Dina Mörth

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraβe 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany
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  • Bernhard Thelen

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    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraβe 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany
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  • Manfred Spitzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg, D-89070 Ulm, Germany
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  • Ulrich Meincke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraβe 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany

Received 14 July 2002 ,Accepted 15 February 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00066-5

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 65-73 , 15 December 2003

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