Schizophrenia Research
Volume 112, Issue 1 , Pages 99-103 , July 2009

Configural face processing in schizophrenia

  • Nicole Joshua

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Level 2, 161 Barry Street, Carlton South Victoria 3053, Australia
    • The University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Level 2, 161 Barry Street, Carlton South VIC 3053, Australia. Tel.: +613 8344 1853; fax: +613 9348 1778.
    • ,
  • Susan Rossell

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Level 2, 161 Barry Street, Carlton South Victoria 3053, Australia
    • The University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Monash-Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, 3004, Australia
    • Present/permanent address. Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Old Baker Building, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria, 3004, Australia.

Received 12 September 2008 ,Revised 28 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.033

Schizophrenia Research
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