title: [Schizophrenia and selective attention].
abstract: A comparative study of selective attention was made on 22 schizophrenic inpatients, 18 non schizophrenic inpatients and a control of 22 non psychiatric adults. Signs of schizophrenia were quantified through the BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale) and selective attention was expressed as the capacity to resist a distracting stimulus dimension in the Stroop word-colour test. The results indicated higher distractibility in schizophrenic patients, and a positive, significative relation was found between this interference and the "activation" cluster.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychiatrie, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, P.Q., Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laplante
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Everett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Schizophrénie et attention sélective.