Frequency and neural correlates of pauses in patients with formal thought disorder

Background: Pauses during speech may reflect the planning and monitoring of discourse, two processes putatively impaired in patients with schizophrenia, particularly those with formal thought disorder (FTD). We used functional MRI to examine the neural correlates of between-clause and of filled paus...

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Main Authors: Kazunori eMatsumoto, TIlo eKircher, Paul eStokes, Mickael J. Brammer, Peter eLIddle, Philip K McGuire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00127/full