Seeing the world dimly: The impact of early visual deficits on visual experience in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1085-1094

  Kantrowitz, Joshua T ^a,b   Butler, Pamela D ^a,b   Schecter, Isaac ^a   Silipo, Gail ^a   Javitt, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast sensitivity; magnocellular; Muller Lyer; schizophrenia; stereopsis; visual illusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COOPERATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISION DISPARITY;

EID: 73949151994     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbp100     Document Type: Article

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