Schizophrenia Research
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 291-295 , 1 March 2005

Processing of environmental sounds in schizophrenic patients: disordered recognition and lack of semantic specificity

  • O. Tüscher

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • D. Silbersweig

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • H. Pan

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • T. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • M. Beutel

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • J. Zonana

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • V. Erbesh

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • D. Weisholtz

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • E. Stern

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • A. Engelien

      Affiliations

    • Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
    • IZKF Group, Department of Psychiatry and IZKF Münster, University of Münster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. IZKF Research Group 4, Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 11, 48129 Münster, Germany. Tel.: +49 251 83 57214; fax: +49 251 83 56612.

Received 12 March 2004 ,Revised 10 June 2004 ,Accepted 15 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.06.010

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 291-295 , 1 March 2005

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