Schizophrenia Research
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 57-66 , 16 March 2000

Emotional processing in schizophrenia across cultures: standardized measures of discrimination and experience

  • Ute Habel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-211-922-3488; fax: +49-211-922-3498
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  • Ruben C Gur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Manas K Mandal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India
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  • Jasmin B Salloum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Raquel E Gur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Frank Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany

Received 16 July 1998 ,Accepted 24 May 1999.

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Schizophrenia Research
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