Schizophrenia Research
Volume 127, Issue 1 , Pages 115-122 , April 2011

Probabilistic learning and inference in schizophrenia

  • Bruno B. Averbeck

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4415, United States
    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bldg. 49, Room 1B-80, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4415, United States. Tel.: +1 301 594 1126.
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  • Simon Evans

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
    • ,
  • Viraj Chouhan

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Cognition Schizophrenia and Imaging Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, UK
    • ,
  • Eleanor Bristow

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Cognition Schizophrenia and Imaging Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, UK
    • ,
  • Sukhwinder S. Shergill

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Cognition Schizophrenia and Imaging Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, UK

Received 21 July 2010 ,Revised 30 July 2010 ,Accepted 5 August 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.08.009

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 127, Issue 1 , Pages 115-122 , April 2011

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