Visual selective attention among persons with schizophrenia: The distractor ratio effect

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Elahipanah, Ava ^a   Christensen, Bruce K ^a,b   Reingold, Eyal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distractor Ratio; Perceptual Grouping; Schizophrenia; Selective Attention; Visual Guidance; Visual Search

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTROL GROUPS; CUES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52949139035     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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