Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 55-65 , 1 July 2005

Dysfunction of early-stage visual processing in schizophrenia: harmonic analysis

  • Dongsoo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, USA
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  • Vance Zemon

      Affiliations

    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Ave. Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Alice Saperstein

      Affiliations

    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Pamela D. Butler

      Affiliations

    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. Tel.: +1 845 398 6537; fax: +1 845 398 6545.
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  • Daniel C. Javitt

      Affiliations

    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Received 10 November 2003 ,Revised 11 October 2004 ,Accepted 13 October 2004.

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Schizophrenia Research
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