Frontal brain function and visual exploration of natural scenes in schizophrenia

Sara A Beedie, David M St Clair, Dan Rujescu

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Abstract

Scanpaths are the patterns of ocular fixations and saccades produced during visual exploration of a scene. Schizophrenia is associated with a restricted style of visual scanning, characterised by fewer fixations and saccades and shorter scanpath lengths compared with well viewers. Such patterns are reflective of chronic dysfunction in real-world visual processing in schizophrenia. Scanpath measures are also emerging as strong discriminatory tools in schizophrenia trait marker research. However, little is understood about the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying atypical viewing patterns. We conducted an exploratory study of the relationships between patterns of visual exploration and neuropsychological test performance in individuals with schizophrenia to further understand the neural substrates of scanpath abnormalities in this group.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberP03-124
Pages (from-to)1104
Number of pages1
JournalEuropean Psychiatry
Volume25
Issue numberS1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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