Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 219-224 , 15 October 2005

Quantitative assessment of the frequency of normal associations in the utterances of schizophrenia patients and healthy controls

  • Brendan A. Maher

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    • Department of Psychology, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 256 Boston Post Rd. Weston, MA 02493, USA. Tel.: +1 781 891 7698; fax: +1 781 891 4796.
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  • Theo C. Manschreck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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  • Jakob Linnet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA
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  • Steven Candela

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA

Received 4 May 2005 ,Revised 20 May 2005 ,Accepted 21 May 2005.

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PII: S0920-9964(05)00208-2

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.05.017

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 219-224 , 15 October 2005