Schizophrenia Research
Volume 127, Issue 1 , Pages 131-136 , April 2011

General functioning predicts reward and punishment learning in schizophrenia

  • Zsuzsanna Somlai

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Ahmed A. Moustafa

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Szabolcs Kéri

      Affiliations

    • National Psychiatry Center, Budapest, Hungary
    • University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Szeged, Hungary
    • ,
  • Catherine E. Myers

      Affiliations

    • Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory, Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Gluck

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

Received 26 June 2010 ,Accepted 26 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.07.028

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 127, Issue 1 , Pages 131-136 , April 2011

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