Schizophrenia Research
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 173-183 , 15 December 2005

An investigation of semantic priming in schizophrenia using a new priming paradigm

  • Florence Quelen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, CNRS et Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Bâtiment 9, Case D, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
    • Service de Psychiatrie secteur G01, Hôpital Chalucet, rue Chalucet, 83000 Toulon, France
    • ,
  • Jonathan Grainger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, CNRS et Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Bâtiment 9, Case D, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 488 576 892.
    • ,
  • Philippe Raymondet

      Affiliations

    • Service de Psychiatrie secteur G01, Hôpital Chalucet, rue Chalucet, 83000 Toulon, France

Received 13 March 2005 ,Revised 11 July 2005 ,Accepted 14 July 2005.

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PII: S0920-9964(05)00304-X

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.07.020

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 173-183 , 15 December 2005

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