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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1965) 111: 391-398. doi: 10.1192/bjp.111.474.391
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The Effect of Distraction on Schizophrenic Performance (2) Psychomotor Ability

ANDREW McGHIE M.A., Ph.D.1, JAMES CHAPMAN M.B., Ch.B., D.P.M.2, and J. S. LAWSON M.A.3

1 Director and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, The Royal Dundee Liff Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews
2 Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews, Queen's College, Dundee, The Royal Dundee Liff Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews
3 Medical Research Council Research Assistant, The Royal Dundee Liff Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews

The performance of schizophrenic patients was compared with that of normal controls and non-schizophrenic psychotic patients on tasks assessing the effect of distraction on psychomotor performance. Although the schizophrenic patients tended to show some degree of psychomotor retardation in most of these psychomotor tests, experimental distraction appeared to have very little specific effect on performance. The effect of distraction was noticeable only in the case of more complex psychomotor tests which involved processing signals containing some degree of uncertainty. The connection between these findings and those noted in the preceding paper dealing with schizophrenic perception and recall, is briefly discussed.

Submitted on June 29, 1964




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