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Visual scanning of faces correlates with schizophrenia symptomatology

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: 1. The purpose of this study was to examine whether quantitative measures of visual scanning of faces correlated with the severity of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. 2. Preattentive visual fixations (fixations less than or equal to 50.1 ms in duration) were measured while 16 subjects with chronic schizophrenia and 38 comparison subjects scanned slides of human faces. 3. A significant inverse correlation was found between the number of preattentive fixations exhibited during 10 seconds of facial scanning and total Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) scores. 4. This study suggests that measures that probe preattentive processing during scanning of faces could represent a novel paradigm for studying the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Source: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(98)00056-6

Authors: Richard B. Rosse, Barbara L. Schwartz, Surendra Johri, Stephen I. Deutsch

Institutions: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Georgetown University, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC VA Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,380