Extended visual simultaneity thresholds in patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 816-825

  Giersch, Anne ^a   Lalanne, Laurence ^a   Corves, Caroline ^b   Seubert, Janina ^b,c   Shi, Zhuanghua ^b   Foucher, Jack ^a   Elliott, Mark A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Psychophysics; Synchrony; Time processing; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; TROPATEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68149148873     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn016     Document Type: Article

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