Reduced perception of the motion-induced blindness illusion in schizophrenia
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Motion-induced blindness (MIB) occurs when target stimuli are presented together with a moving distractor pattern. Most observers experience the targets disappearing and reappearing repeatedly for periods of up to several seconds. MIB can be viewed as a striking marker for the organization of cognitive functioning. In the present study, MIB rates and durations were assessed in 34 schizophrenia-spectrum disorder patients and matched controls. The results showed that positive symptoms and excitement enhanced MIB, whereas depression and negative symptoms attenuated the illusion. MIB was more frequently found in normal subjects. The results remained consistent after adjusting for reaction time and error rates. Hence, MIB may provide a valid and reliable measure of cognitive organization in schizophrenia.
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Patients with psychosis are less sensitive to many perceptual illusions than healthy individuals.
“especially when considering the fact that patients with psychosis are less sensitive to many perceptual illusions than healthy individuals, 11,[138][139][140]”
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Decreased susceptibility to illusions in schizophrenia extends to other VI categories, such as Binocular Depth Inversion, illusory motion and motion-induced illusions.
“but were also extended to other VI categories, such as the Binocular Depth Inversion (Koethe et al., 2009), illusory motion and motion-induced illusions (Tschacher et al., 2006; Crawford et al., 2010).”
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- Authors
- Tschacher, W., Schuler, D., & Junghan, U.
- Affiliations
- University of Bern (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Tschacher, Wolfgang
- ORCID
- Tschacher, Wolfgang
- Venue
- Schizophrenia Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 261-267
- ISSN
- 0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1984017317
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 1.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Keywords
- motion-induced blindness, schizophrenia
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Blindness, Female, Field Dependence-Independence, Humans, Male, Motion Perception, Optical Illusions, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychomotor Performance, Psychotic Disorders, Reaction Time, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Statistics as Topic
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