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Auditory vigilance: Normals compared to chronic schizophrenic subgroups defined by skin conductance variables

1980; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0165-1781(80)90011-6

1872-7123

Terry Patterson, Peter H. Venables,

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Three electrodermally distinct subgroups of chronic schizophrenics were identified by Patterson and Venables (1978). The present study investigated the auditory vigilance ability of these subgroups relative to a normal population. In one subgroup of schizophrenics (the fast habituators) no evidence could be found for a deficit in auditory vigilance ability relative to normal. Implications for further electrophysiological and biochemical research in schizophrenia are discussed.