Article
Saccadic eye movement task identifies cognitive deficits in children with schizophrenia, but not in unaffected child relatives.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Dec 2005
Ross Randal G, Heinlein Shari, Zerbe Gary O, Radant Allen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The delayed oculomotor response (DOR) task requires response inhibition followed by movement of gaze towards a known spatial location without a current stimulus. Abnormalities in response inhibition and in the spatial accuracy of the eye movement are found in individuals with schizophrenia and in many of their relatives, supporting the use of these saccadic abnormalities as endophenotypes in genetic...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Attention
- Child
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Cognition Disorders
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Inhibition, Psychological
- Male
- Orientation
- Phenotype
- Reaction Time