Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 2 , Pages 89-96 , 30 November 2009

Working memory and long-term memory deficits in schizophrenia: Is there a common substrate?

Received 6 December 2008 ,Revised 9 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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