Selective Attention in Schizophrenic and Manic Psychoses: The Effect of Distraction on Information Processing.

Oltmanns, Thomas F.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Selective Attention in Schizophrenic and Manic Psychoses: The Effect of Distraction on Information Processing

Oltmanns, Thomas F.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 2, 212-25, Apr 78

This study was designed to identify the general level of cognitive processing that is especially vulnerable to distraction in schizophrenia. Attempts to determine at what level auditory distraction interferes with schizophrenics' performance, as opposed to normals, on simple recall tasks. (Editor/RK)

Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Illustrations, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Recall (Psychology), Research Methodology, Schizophrenia

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