Eye-tracking dysfunction in offspring from the New York High-Risk project: Diagnostic specificity and the role of attention

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 121-130

  Rosenberg, David R ^a   Sweeney, John A ^a   Squires Wheeler, Elizabeth ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a   Cornblatt, Barbara A ^c   Erlenmeyer Kimling, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Elmhurst Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Genetics; Schizophrenia; Smooth pursuit eye tracking; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; RISK FACTORS; SACCADES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031557191     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)02975-7     Document Type: Article

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