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The "benefits" of distractability: Mechanisms underlying increased Stroop effects in schizophrenia

Barch, Deanna M., Carter, Cameron S., Hachten, Paul C., Usher, Marius, Cohen, Jonathan D. (1999) The "benefits" of distractability: Mechanisms underlying increased Stroop effects in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 25 (4). pp. 749-762. ISSN 0586-7614. (doi:10.1016/S0920-9964(97)82264-5) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:17052)

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Abstract

Recent studies of selective attention in schizophrenia patients suggest a particular pattern of single-trial Stroop performance: increased facilitation but not interference in reaction times (RTs), combined with increased error interference. Our Stroop task analysis suggests that this pattern can be explained by a selective attention deficit if one accounts for (1) performance in the congruent condition; (2) the nature of the neutral stimulus; (3) the relationship between accuracy and RT; and (4) response set effects, To test these hypotheses, we examined Stroop performance in 40 DSM-IV schizophrenia patients and 20 healthy control subjects, using a range of neutral stimuli (color patches, noncolor words, color words not in the response set), The findings confirmed several of our predictions and the results were consistent with the hypothesis that abnormal Stroop performance in schizophrenia reflects a failure to adequately attend to the task-appropriate stimulus dimension (color), This inattention affects both the congruent and incongruent conditions and multiple points in the information processing pathway.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)82264-5
Uncontrolled keywords: Schizophrenia, inhibition, Stroop. Schizophrenia Bulletin
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M. Nasiriavanaki
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2009 07:25 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17052 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Usher, Marius.

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