Attentional network task performance in schizophrenic patients.
Several studies have researched the attentional functioning of schizophrenic patients by means of the Attentional Network Test. The present work reviews these studies and assesses the clinical relevance of their results. Both the reviewed data and our own results suggest that the Attentional Network Test does not provide a clear-cut discrimination of the attentional profile of schizophrenic patients from a clinical point of view. However, after classifying patients according to their psychotic symptoms, it became evident that positive syndrome patients are less efficient at tasks that tap the orientation network.
Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Psicología, Almería, Spain. jrubio@ugr.es
José Luis
JL
Rubio Gómez
Lauren
L
Hernández Bellido
Miguel
M
Ruiz Veguilla
Maite
M
Ferrín Erdozaín
Alex
A
Pereda Baños
Emilio
E
Gómez Milán
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D055815:Young Adult