title: Fractal property of eye movements in schizophrenia.
abstract: On the basis of a temporal model of animal behavior we conducted temporal analysis of eye movements in schizophrenic subjects (n = 10) and normal controls (n = 10). We found a fractal property in schizophrenic subjects, the fixation time of eye movement during reading ambiguous and difficult sentences showing a clear inverse power law distribution. An exponential distribution of a nonfractal nature was found in normal controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*