Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-25wd4 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T22:13:02.663Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Visual Perception as a Function of Chronicity in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Walter J. Johannsen ,
Samuel H. Friedman  and
John V. Liccione
Walter J. Johannsen
Affiliation:
Curative Workshop of Milwaukee; Department of Physical Medicine, School of Medicine, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Clinical Psychology Research Section, VA Center, Wood, Wisconsin
Samuel H. Friedman
Affiliation:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Clinical Psychology Section, VA Center, Wood, Wisconsin
John V. Liccione
Affiliation:
Psychological Services, Milwaukee County Mental Health Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Although much effort has gone into the description and classification of schizophrenic behaviour patterns, little attempt has been made to detail the course of the disorder. The present paper is an effort to trace the effects of chronicity on perception by use of a cross-sectional method. The specific tasks were selected to maximize autochthonous factors in perception. At the same time a demonstrable sensitivity to emotional states was desired, since changes in the schizophrenic condition are often considered reflections of reaction to stress. A wide enough area of behaviour was encompassed so that a general pattern, if one emerged, could be considered typical of perception as a whole.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 467 , July 1964 , pp. 561 - 570
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Attneave, F. (1954). “Some informational aspects of visual perception.” Psychol. Rev., 61, 183–193.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blaufarb, H. (1962). “A demonstration of verbal abstracting ability in chronic schizophrenics under enriched stimulus and instructional conditions.” J. consult. Psychol., 26, 471–475.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Buhler, R. A. (1961). “Stress and flicker fusion.” in: Perceptual Changes in Psychopathology (Ed.: Ittelson, W. H. and Kutash, S. A.). New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers, pp. 105–120.Google Scholar
Cohen, B. D., Senf, Rita and Huston, P. E. (1956). “Perceptual accuracy in schizophrenia, depression and neurosis and effects of amytal.” J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 52, 363–367.Google Scholar
Crookes, T. G. (1957). “Size constancy and literalness in the Rorschach Test.” Brit. J. med. Psychol., 30, 99–106.Google Scholar
Duncan, D. B. (1957). “Multiple range tests for correlated and heteroscedastic means.” Biometrics, 13, 164–176.Google Scholar
Goldstone, S. (1955). “Flicker-fusion measurements and anxiety level.” J. exp. Psychol., 49, 200–202.Google Scholar
Grant, D. A. (1956). “Analysis-of-variance tests in the analysis and comparison of curves.” Psychol. Bull., 53, 141–156.Google Scholar
Hennis, Gail M., and Ulrich, Celeste (1958). “Study of psychic stress in freshman college women.” Res. Quart. Amer. Assoc. Hlth. Phys. Educ., 29, 172–179.Google Scholar
Irvine, R. P. (1954). “Critical flicker frequency for paretics and schizophrenics.” J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 49, 87–88.Google Scholar
Jones, A. (1957). “The efficiency of utilization of visual information and the effects of stress.” Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Rochester.Google Scholar
Landis, C. (1954). “Determinants of the critical flicker-fusion threshold.” Physiol. Rev., 34, 259–286.Google Scholar
Landis, C., Dillon, D., Leopold, J., and Rutschman, J. (1958). “Changes in the level of blood sugar and sensory and motor performance brought about by insulin coma therapy.” J. Psychol., 45, 275–285.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leibowitz, H. W., and Pishkin, V. (1961). “Perceptual size constancy in chronic schizophrenia.” J. consult. Psychol., 25, 196–199.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lindquist, E. F. (1956). Design and Analysis of Experiments in Psychology and Education. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.Google Scholar
Lovinger, E. (1956). “Perceptual contact with reality.” J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 52, 87–91.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McDonough, J. M. (1960). “Critical flicker frequency and the spiral after-effect with process and reactive schizophrenia.” J. consult. Psychol., 24, 150–155.Google Scholar
Mednick, S. A. (1958). “A learning theory approach to schizophrenia.” Psychol. Bull., 55, 318–327.Google Scholar
Pishkin, V., Smith, T. E., and Leibowitz, H. W. (1962). “The influence of symbolic stimulus value on perceived size in chronic schizophrenia.” J. consult. Psychol., 26, 323–330.Google Scholar
Rausch, H. L. (1952). “Perceptual constancy in schizophrenia: I. Size constancy.” J. Pers., 21, 176–187.Google Scholar
Sanders, R., and Pacht, A. R. (1952). “Perceptual size constancy of known clinical groups.” J. consult. Psychol., 16, 440–444.Google Scholar
Snedecor, G. W. (1956). Statistical Methods. 5th edition. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.Google Scholar
Snyder, S. (1961). “Perceptual closure in acute paranoid schizophrenics.” Arch. gen. Psychiat., 5, 406–410.Google Scholar
Snyder, S. Rosenthal, D., and Taylor, I. A. (1961). “Perceptual closure in schizophrenia.” J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 63, 131–136.Google Scholar
Street, R. F. (1931). “A gestalt completion test.” Teach. Coll. Contr. Educ., No. 481.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Street, R. F. (1934). “The gestalt completion test and mental disorder.” J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 29, 141–142.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weckowicz, T. E. (1957). “Size constancy in schizophrenic patients.” J. Ment. Sci., 103, 475–486.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weckowicz, T. E. (1958). “Autonomic activity as measured by the mecholyl test and size constancy in schizophrenic patients.” Psychosom. Med., 20, 66–71.Google Scholar
Weckowicz, T. E. and Hall, R. (1960). “Distance constancy in schizophrenics and non-schizophrenic mental patients.” J. clin. Psychol., 16, 272–276.Google Scholar
Weckowicz, T. E. and Hall, R. Sommer, R., and Hall, R. (1958). “Distance constancy in schizophrenic patients.” J. Ment. Sci., 104, 1174–1182.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.