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Visual orienting in schizophrenia.

J M Gold1, C Randolph, R Coppola

  • 1Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Neuroscience Center at Saint Elizabeths, Washington, DC 20032.

Schizophrenia Research
|September 1, 1992
PubMed
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Schizophrenia patients show attentional deficits affecting both sides of their visual field. While some findings align with previous research on visual orienting, the study suggests broader bilateral impairments in attention.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Attentional impairments are common in schizophrenia but challenging to link to specific neural systems.
  • Previous research suggested asymmetric visual field orienting deficits in schizophrenia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate visual orienting performance in schizophrenia patients using the Posner paradigm.
  • To determine if attentional deficits in schizophrenia are asymmetric or bilateral.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized two versions of the Posner paradigm to assess visual orienting.
  • Compared the performance of 19 schizophrenia patients with healthy controls.
  • Analyzed data using ANOVAs, considering group, cue condition, and delay interval.

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Main Results:

  • Found significant main effects for group, cue condition, and delay interval.
  • Did not observe significant main effects or interactions involving visual field.
  • Observed some evidence of asymmetric costs for invalid cues, consistent with prior studies.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest that attentional deficits in schizophrenia are primarily bilateral.
  • The study challenges the notion of a consistent asymmetric visual field orienting deficit in schizophrenia.