Psychophysical assessment of magno- and parvocellular function in schizophrenia

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 645-650

  Delord, Sandrine ^a   Ducato, Maria Giovanna ^b,c   Pins, Delphine ^b,c   Devinck, Frédéric ^d   Thomas, Pierre ^b,c   Boucart, Muriel ^b,c   Knoblauch, Kenneth ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Amiens University Medical Center and Jules Verne University of Picardy   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Psychophysics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33750130065     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806233017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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