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| Kairalla,I.C.J; Mattos,P.E.L; Hoexter,M.Q; Bressan,R.A; Mari,J.J; Shirakawa,I. |
| The adaptive behavior of human beings is usually supported by rapid monitoring of outstanding events in the environment. Some investigators have suggested that a primary attention deficit might trigger symptoms of schizophrenia. In addition, researchers have long discussed the relationship between schizophrenia and the schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy (SLPE). On the basis of these considerations, the objective of the present study was to investigate attention performance of patients with both disorders. Patient age was 18 to 60 years, and all patients had received formal schooling for at least four years. Patients were excluded if they had any systemic disease with neurologic or psychiatric comorbidity, or a history of brain surgery. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Attention; Schizophrenia; Psychotic disorders; Epilepsy; Neuropsychology. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000100010 |
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