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Finding of abnormal scanning behavior in the Span of Apprehension task in schizophrenia but diagnostic non-specificity of sum scores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Katja Koelkebeck ,
Patricia Ohrmann ,
Anya Pedersen ,
Guenter Hetzel ,
Volker Arolt  and
Thomas Suslow
Katja Koelkebeck*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 11, 48149Muenster, Westphalia, Germany
Patricia Ohrmann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 11, 48149Muenster, Westphalia, Germany
Anya Pedersen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 11, 48149Muenster, Westphalia, Germany
Guenter Hetzel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Winnenden, Germany
Volker Arolt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 11, 48149Muenster, Westphalia, Germany
Thomas Suslow
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 11, 48149Muenster, Westphalia, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 2518356601; fax: +49 2518356612. E-mail address: Katja.Koelkebeck@ukmuenster.de (K. Koelkebeck).
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Abstract

Deficits in the Span of Apprehension (SOA) task have been discussed controversially as a trait marker of schizophrenia. The task was administered to 47 schizophrenia and 48 depressed patients as well as to 46 controls. Results indicate a non-specificity of the SOA sum scores but differential abnormalities in spatial visual processing.

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SchizophreniaSpan of ApprehensionUnipolar depressionScan pathIconic memory

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European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 29 - 32
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2008

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