Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 81-87 , May 2010

Processing of facial configuration in individuals at ultra-high risk for schizophrenia

  • Hee Sun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Na Young Shin

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jung-Seok Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Myung Hun Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Joon Hwan Jang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Do-Hyung Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jun Soo Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Brain & Cogntive Sciences-WCU program, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-no, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 110-744. Tel.: +82 2 2072 2972; fax: +82 2 747 9063.

Received 22 September 2009 ,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)00041-1

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.003

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 81-87 , May 2010

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