Schizophrenia Research
Volume 100, Issue 1 , Pages 161-171 , March 2008

Automatization and working memory capacity in schizophrenia

  • Tamar R. van Raalten

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry A01.126, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 250 8352; fax: +31 250 5443.
    • ,
  • Nick F. Ramsey

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J. Martijn Jansma

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging (LFMI), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Gerry Jager

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • René S. Kahn

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 8 May 2007 ,Revised 17 October 2007 ,Accepted 29 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.035

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 100, Issue 1 , Pages 161-171 , March 2008

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