Visuospatial encoding deficits and compensatory strategies in schizophrenia revealed by eye movement analysis during a working memory task

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Cocchi, Luca ^a,b,c   Bosisio, Francesca ^b   Berchtold, André ^b   Orita, Alina ^d   Debbané, Martin ^e   Wood, Stephen J ^a   Schenk, Françoise ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Cery   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encoding; Eye movement; Fixation; Scanpath; Schizophrenia; Strategy; Visuospatial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 65449143261     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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