Perceptual organization deficits in psychotic patients

@article{Peters2002PerceptualOD,
  title={Perceptual organization deficits in psychotic patients},
  author={Emmanuelle Peters and Julia A. Nunn and Alan Pickering and David R. Hemsley},
  journal={Psychiatry Research},
  year={2002},
  volume={110},
  pages={125-135}
}
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