Bilateral transfer deficit in schizophrenia: a trait marker.
Schizophrenic patients who had shown improvement over a 6-week treatment period were tested for their bilateral transfer of skill with a mirror-drawing task. Compared with first degree relatives and normal control subjects, patients showed a significant deficit in bilateral transfer of skills in terms of response accuracy both before and after treatment. These findings indicate that the deficit is an enduring functional loss in schizophrenia.
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India.
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Biswas
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Haque-Nizamie
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Pandey
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Mandal
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*