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H S Bracha1, R L Livingston, J Clothier
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
Abstract:
Studies associate psychotic disorders with various forms of subtle inattention to the right hemispace (left-turning behavior). The authors examined the correlation between this dopamine-related sign and severity of delusions (presumably dopaminergic symptoms) in 20 psychotic patients. Delusions were significantly correlated with severity of left-turning bias, and this neurological sign accounted for 33% of the variance in severity of delusions.
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