Visual Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: A View into the Mechanisms of Madness?

• Main Author: Michael Green (auth)
• Other Authors: Anne Giersch (auth), Randolph Blake (auth), Brian P. Keane (auth), Steven Silverstein (auth), Szabolcs Keri (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; fMRI; ERP; Illusions; Eye Movements; Vision; EEG; Blindness; Schizophrenia; Perception; sex differences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Research on visual perception in schizophrenia has a long history. However, it is only recently that it has been included in mainstream efforts to understand the cognitive neuroscience of the disorder and to assist with biomarker and treatment development (e.g., the NIMH CNTRICS and RDoC initiatives...