title: Smooth pursuit eye movements and neuropsychological tests in schizophrenic patients: possible involvement of attentional components.
abstract: The relationships among different components of frontal lobe dysfunction and voluntary attention were studied. Drug-free schizophrenic patients and matched normal controls were recruited and assessed for smooth pursuit eye movements, voluntary saccadic eye movements and by means of neuropsychological tests (Toluse-Pieron test and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test). No clear-cut relationship was found between eye movement performance and neuropsychological impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gambini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology