title: Impairment in visual and spatial perception in schizophrenia and delusional disorder.
abstract: The Judgment of Line Orientation Test, a visuospatial processing task, was administered to normal subjects, to schizophrenic patients and to patients with delusional disorder. Significantly better performance was seen in the normal subjects than in the schizophrenic and delusional patients. Delusional patients, in turn, showed better performance than the schizophrenic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Italy. mgcarta@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Maria Carolina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hardoy
authors.forename: Mauro Giovanni
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carta
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.forename: Maria Julieta
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hardoy
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cadeddu
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dell'Osso
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hugdahl
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carpiniello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*