Visual field processing in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenics

E. Aharonovich, N. Karny, I. Nachson

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Abstract

The hypothesis that paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenics are differentially associated with unilateral hemisphere dysfunction was tested on 12 paranoid and 12 non-paranoid schizophrenics, as well as on 24 affective patients and 24 normal controls. The subjects were presented for 150 ms with series of digit-pairs and open rings to the left or right visual fields. Overall recognition of digits and localization of gaps in the rings were better for the right than for the left visual field. However, performance of the paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenics was relatively poorer in response to the right and left visual field stimuli, respectively. Since these data do not correspond to the findings obtained in the auditory modality, they were interpreted as indicating modality-specific associations of paranoid schizophrenia with left hemisphere dysfunction, and of non-paranoid schizophrenia with right hemisphere dysfunction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)301-307
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Psychiatry
Volume8
Issue number6
StatePublished - 1993

Keywords

  • Paranoid
  • Schizophrenia
  • Visual field

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