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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies of visual perception have reported deficits in contrast sensitivity and dot motion discrimination in schizophrenia. We tested whether these deficits also appear in schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). SPD appears to be genetically and symptomatically related to schizophrenia, but without the marked psychosocial impairment associated with psychotic disorders. The present study investigated contrast sensitivity for moving and static gratings, form discrimination and dot motion discrimination in 24 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (SZ), 16 individuals with SPD, and 40 control subjects. SZ, but not SPD subjects, showed impairments on tests of contrast sensitivity for static and moving gratings, form discrimination in noise, and dot motion discrimination. Visual performance did not differ between medicated SZ patients and patients withdrawn from medication. These results confirm early stage visual deficits in schizophrenia regardless of medication status. SPD subjects, in contrast, show intact early stage visual processing despite the presence of marked schizotypal symptoms.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0920-9964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Antipsychotic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Contrast Sensitivity, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Discrimination (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Photic Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Schizotypal Personality Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Sensory Thresholds, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Vision, Ocular, pubmed-meshheading:16829048-Visual Perception
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Early stage vision in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. bodonnel@indiana.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural