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Joseph Polimeni1, Jeffrey P Reiss
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Room PZ203, 771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 3N4.
Abstract:
Humor is a complex cognitive process that could be used to elucidate subtle cognitive deficits. Significant deficits in humor perception were observed among 23 outpatients with schizophrenia compared with 20 controls matched for age, gender and education, using a 128-item humor test.
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