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This research project was supported by the Hungarian National Brain Research Programme KTIA-13-NAP-A-II/12 (2018–2022), Hungarian National Excellence Centrum Grant 2018–2019.

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  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

    Róbert Herold, Tamás Tényi & Eszter Varga

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Schnell, Z., Herold, R., Tényi, T., Varga, E. (2019). Fuzzy Boundaries and Fuzzy Minds: Interpretation Strategies and Discourse Processing in Schizophrenia. In: Furkó, P., Vaskó, I., Dér, C., Madsen, D. (eds) Fuzzy Boundaries in Discourse Studies. Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27573-0_9

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