Perceptual Organization Impairment in Schizophrenia and Associated Brain Mechanisms: Review
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Steven M. Silverstein and Brian P. Keane Division of Schizophrenia Research, University Behavioral HealthCare, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 151 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ; Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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تاریخ انتشار 2011