Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 184-191 , 30 June 2009

Encoding deficit during face processing within the right fusiform face area in schizophrenia

  • Sebastian Walther

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
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  • Andrea Federspiel

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University Hospital of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, Bolligenstrasse 111, CH-3000 Bern 60 Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 9309371; fax: +41 31 9309961.
    • ,
  • Helge Horn

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Piero Bianchi

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Roland Wiest

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Miranka Wirth

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Werner Strik

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Thomas Jörg Müller

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland

Received 23 July 2007 ,Revised 26 June 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 184-191 , 30 June 2009

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