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Reaction time and sustained attention in schizophrenia and its genetic predisposition.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Sept 2007
Birkett P, Sigmundsson T, Sharma T, Toulopoulou T, Griffiths T D, Reveley A, Murray R
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Sustained attention is affected by schizophrenia. The simplest form of Continuous Performance Test (CPT-X) is a purer test of vigilance than more demanding variants but widely thought too insensitive to detect abnormalities in those with genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. We used a 7-minute CPT to compare 61 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, 45 of their never-psychotic relatives, and 47 control...
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