title: Effect of distraction on communication failures in schizophrenic patients.
abstract: Manic, schizophrenic, and normal subjects were interviewed in the presence and absence of distracting information, and their speech performance was evaluated. Normal and manic subjects were unaffected by irrelevant information. Schizophrenic subjects manifested more reference failures during distraction than during nondistraction periods.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Binghamton.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hotchkiss
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013060:Speech; D013637:Tape Recording