Attentional network task performance in patients with schizophrenia–spectrum disorders: Evidence of a specific deficit
Abstract
Although attentional deficits are frequently displayed by schizophrenia and spectrum patients, the precise nature of the impairment is unclear. The present study investigates attentional performance in 26 schizophrenia-spectrum outpatients and 24 healthy controls using the Attentional Network Task (ANT). We assessed the efficiency of the segregated alerting, orienting, and executive control networks by measuring how response latencies were influenced by alerting cues, spatial cues, and flanking stimuli. In overall ANOVAs we found main effects of cue condition and flanker congruency. The data also revealed a significant interaction of group and flanker type, with schizophrenia-spectrum patients taking longer on average to resolve conflict. These results suggest that compared to the healthy nonpatients, schizophrenia-spectrum patients show a deficit in their executive control network. Considered together, these findings support the notion that schizophrenia-spectrum patients have a specific attentional deficit, rather than a global one. The significance of these findings is considered from both experimental and clinical perspectives.
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Other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology.
“Finally, other attentional processes (alerting and orienting) appear to be largely unimpaired in individuals with psychopathology e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014), suggesting that deficits are not due to lower-level attentional difficulties.”
From Advancing understanding of executive function impairments and psychopathology: bridging the gap between clinical and cognitive approaches (2015) · cites this paper as Gooding et al., 2006
The common EF impairment theory is fully compatible with theories positing impairment in executive attention associated with psychopathology.
“We view this theory as fully compatible with others who have posited impairment in “executive attention” associated with psychopathology (e.g., Gooding et al., 2006; Pacheco-Unguetti et al., 2010; Orellana et al., 2012; Maurage et al., 2014).”
From Advancing understanding of executive function impairments and psychopathology: bridging the gap between clinical and cognitive approaches (2015) · cites this paper as Gooding et al., 2006
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- Authors
- Gooding, D. C., Braun, J. G., & Studer, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gooding, Diane C.
- ORCID
- Gooding, Diane C.
- Venue
- Schizophrenia Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-12
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 169-178
- ISSN
- 0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2068329609
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- schizophrenia spectrum disorders, attention deficits
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Cognition Disorders, Cues, Demography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Schizophrenia, Severity of Illness Index, Space Perception
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