Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 297-298 , February 2010

Context-sensitive social cognition is impaired in schizophrenic patients and their healthy relatives

  • R. Riveros

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • F. Manes

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology (INECO), Argentina Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro University, Argentina
    • ,
  • E. Hurtado

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
    • School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
    • ,
  • M. Escobar

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • M. Martin Reyes

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Hospitalización Psiquiátrica. Hosp. Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Cetkovich

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology (INECO), Argentina Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro University, Argentina
    • ,
  • A. Ibañez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
    • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology (INECO), Argentina Institute of Neuroscience, Favaloro University, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Experimental Psychology & Neuroscience Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO) & CONICET Castex 3293 (CP 1425) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel./fax: +54 11 4807 4748.
    web address

Received 17 September 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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PII: S0920-9964(09)00539-8

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.10.017

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 297-298 , February 2010

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