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The Psychophysiology of Schizophrenia

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Current Themes in Psychiatry 2

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Psychophysiology is probably best defined by contrasting it with physiological psychology. This latter sub-discipline is concerned with the alteration of physiological status and examination of the resultant changes in behaviour. Consequently, because of the need for surgical intervention this area of work is normally undertaken with animals as subjects or exceptionally on patients with accidental injury.

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Venables, P.H. (1979). The Psychophysiology of Schizophrenia. In: Current Themes in Psychiatry 2. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04494-8_19

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