Is the perception of illusions abnormal in schizophrenia?

L Grzeczkowski, M Roinishvili, E Chkonia, A Brand… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
There seems to be no common factor for visual perception, ie, performance in visual tasks
correlates only weakly with each other. Similar results were found with visual illusions. One …

Neural dynamics of grouping and segmentation explain properties of visual crowding.

G Francis, M Manassi, MH Herzog - Psychological review, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Investigations of visual crowding, where a target is difficult to identify because of flanking
elements, has largely used a theoretical perspective based on local interactions where …

Schizophrenia patients using atypical medication perform better in visual tasks than patients using typical medication

TP Fernandes, A Shaqiri, A Brand, RL Nogueira… - Psychiatry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia (SCZ) patients show deficits in many domains, including cognition and
perception. However, results are often mixed. One reason for mixed results may be …

Neuronal gain modulability is determined by dendritic morphology: a computational optogenetic study

S Jarvis, K Nikolic, SR Schultz - PLoS computational biology, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The mechanisms by which the gain of the neuronal input-output function may be modulated
have been the subject of much investigation. However, little is known of the role of dendrites …

[HTML][HTML] Intact and deficient contextual processing in schizophrenia patients

OH Choung, D Gordillo, M Roinishvili, A Brand… - Schizophrenia Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia patients are known to have deficits in contextual vision. However, results are
often very mixed. In some paradigms, patients do not take the context into account and …

[HTML][HTML] Intact crowding and temporal masking in dyslexia

A Doron, M Manassi, MH Herzog, M Ahissar - Journal of Vision, 2015 - arvojournals.org
Phonological deficits in dyslexia are well documented. However, there is an ongoing
discussion about whether visual deficits limit the reading skills of people with dyslexia. Here …

Lower-level oculomotor deficits in schizophrenia during multi-line reading: Evidence from return-sweeps

AL Christofalos, M Laks, S Wolfer… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Reading fluency deficits in schizophrenia (Sz) have been attributed to dysfunction in both
lower-level, oculomotor processing and higher-level, lexical processing, according to the …

Atypical Use of Visuospatial Context in Psychotic Psychopathology: A Meta-analysis

VJ Pokorny, SD Klein, CD Teich… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Visual perception in people with psychotic disorders is
thought to be minimally influenced by surrounding visual elements (ie, visuospatial context) …

[HTML][HTML] Embedded figures in schizophrenia: A main deficit but no specificity

O Favrod, A Brand, E Berdzenishvili, E Chkonia… - Schizophrenia Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Visual deficits are core deficits of schizophrenia. Classically, deficits are determined with
demanding psychophysical tasks requiring fine-grained spatial or temporal resolution. Less …

Perceptual Functioning

A Giersch, V Laprévote - Cognitive Functioning in Schizophrenia …, 2022 - Springer
Perceptual disorders are not part of the diagnosis criteria for schizophrenia. Yet, a
considerable amount of work has been conducted, especially on visual perception …