Eye tracking abnormalities in schizophrenia: Evidence for dysfunction in the frontal eye fields

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 698-708

  Sweeney, John A ^a,b,c   Luna, Beatriz ^a,c   Srinivasagam, Nalini M ^a,c   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a,c   Schooler, Nina R ^a,c   Haas, Gretchen L ^a,c   Carl, James R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Neurobehavioral Studies Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrastriate cortex; Eye movements; Frontal eye fields; Motion processing; Premotor cortex; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032532162     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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