Deteriorated visual backward masking in the shine-through effect in adolescents with psychosis.


Autoria(s): Holzer L.; Jaugey L.; Chinet L.; Herzog M.H.
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

Visual backward masking is a reliable and widely used tool in schizophrenia research. Whereas many studies have shown masking deficits in adult patients, there are only very few studies with adolescents with psychosis-and with controversial results. Masking deficits of adolescents are of primary interest because they are not caused by long-term suffering from the disease and severe medication. We investigated 15 adolescents with psychosis and 19 age-matched controls in the shine-through backward masking paradigm for which strong performance deficits were shown previously in adult schizophrenic patients and their relatives. Adolescents with psychosis were strongly impaired in the shine-through effect compared to controls. This result adds further evidence that backward masking is an endophenotype of schizophrenia.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_1F1CB37FAFED

isbn:1744-411X[electronic], 1380-3395[linking]

pmid:19031325

doi:10.1080/13803390802438454

isiid:000268883300001

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 641-647

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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