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Perceptual Regulation and Mental Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

N. F. Dixon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University College, London, W.C.1
T. E. Lear
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, London, W.C.1

Extract

While anomalies of sensory and perceptual responses characterize many mental disorders it is only recently that any serious attempt has been made to investigate them experimentally.

Type
Psychological
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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