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The sensory acuity of psychopathic individuals

A comparison of the auditory acuity of psychoneurotic and dementia præcox cases with that of normal individuals

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Summarizing the results of our investigation of sensory acuity in the field of audition of psychoneurotics, dementia præcox cases and normal subjects we state that from our data it appears that there is no significant difference of sensory acuity in the three groups.

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  1. New York Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York, USA

    Marion R. Bartlett Ph. D.

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Bartlett, M.R. The sensory acuity of psychopathic individuals. Psych Quar 9, 422–425 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563819

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