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Interocular transfer of movement after‐effects in schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Tress Kathleen H.,
Kugler Barbara T.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1979.tb01708.x
Subject(s) - perseveration , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antipsychotic , audiology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , psychiatry , cognition , medicine
A group of 16 chronic schizophrenic subjects were compared with 15 age‐matched control subjects for interocular transfer of movement after‐effects. Contrary to the hypothesis that schizophrenic subjects would show a deficit on this measure schizophrenics showed increased transfer compared to the controls. This effect is not due to response perseveration and is not correlated with length of hospitalization, age or dose of antipsychotic drugs. It is suggested that the effect reflects a deficit in ‘inhibitory processes’ in schizophrenia.