Is social attention impaired in schizophrenia? Gaze, but not pointing gestures, is associated with spatial attention deficits

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 608-613

  Dalmaso, Mario ^a   Galfano, Giovanni ^a   Tarqui, Luana ^a   Forti, Bruno ^b   Castelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Salute Mentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gaze cuing; Schizophrenia; Social attention; Symbolic cuing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884303035     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033518     Document Type: Article

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