title: Auditory vigilance: normals compared to chronic schizophrenic subgroups defined by skin conductance variables.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology