MEASUREMENT OF VISUAL SUSTAINED ATTENTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA USING SIGNAL-DETECTION ANALYSIS AND A NEWLY DEVELOPED COMPUTERIZED CPT TASK

被引:74
作者
NESTOR, PG
FAUX, SF
MCCARLEY, RW
SHENTON, ME
SANDS, SF
机构
[1] VET ADM MED CTR,940 BELMONT ST,BROCKTON,MA 02401
[2] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PSYCHIAT,BROCKTON,MA
[3] MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HLTH CTR,BROCKTON,MA
[4] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT PSYCHOL,EL PASO,TX 79968
关键词
(Schizophrenia); Continuous Performance Test; Signal detection theory; Sustained attention;
D O I
10.1016/0920-9964(90)90018-3
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Sustained attention is schizophrenia was assessed with a newly developed, computer-controlled, modified version of the continuous performance test in which specific attentional effects can be empirically distinguished from nonspecific factors by signal detection theory (SDT). Results indicated that patients showed a more rapid decline in specific attentional, but not nonspecific processes, as measured by SDT parameters of A′ and B″, respectively. © 1990.
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页码:329 / 332
页数:4
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