Schizophrenia Research
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , September 2010

Intact associative learning in patients with schizophrenia: Evidence from a Go/NoGo paradigm

  • Austin A. Woolard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University. 1601 23rd Avenue South. Nashville, TN, 37212-3133, USA
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  • Samet Kose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University. 1601 23rd Avenue South. Nashville, TN, 37212-3133, USA
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  • Neil D. Woodward

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University. 1601 23rd Avenue South. Nashville, TN, 37212-3133, USA
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  • Frederick Verbruggen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University. 2301 Vanderbilt Place. Nashville, TN, 37240-7817, USA
    • Present address: Ghent University, Department of Psychology. Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Gent. Ghent, Belgium.
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  • Gordon D. Logan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University. 2301 Vanderbilt Place. Nashville, TN, 37240-7817, USA
    • ,
  • Stephan Heckers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University. 1601 23rd Avenue South. Nashville, TN, 37212-3133, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, 1601 23rd Avenue South, Room 3060, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. Tel.: +1 615 322 2665; fax: +1 615 343 8400.

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)01143-6

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.02.1057

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , September 2010

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