Citation

Pastò L, Burack JA. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2002; 34(4): 239-249.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0087177

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Assessed filtering and the ability to narrow attentive focusing among 30 persons with schizophrenia (mean age 44 yrs), 14 persons with major depression (MDD; mean age 46 yrs), and 20 normal persons (mean age 46 yrs). Conditions varied with the presence of distracters and their proximity to a target, and the presence of a window cue used to facilitate filtering. Among both the persons with schizophrenia and those with no psychiatric history, RTs were longest with distracters located closest to targets, and performance was not related to the presence of the window. The performance of persons with MDD was adversely affected with distracters located closest to targets, and facilitated with the presence of the window. These findings are consistent with relatively intact filtering and focusing in schizophrenia, and a filtering deficiency in MDD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Attention; Major Depression; Schizophrenia; Visual Perception