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A Variability Study of the Normal and Schizophrenic Occipital Alpha Rhythm. II. The Electro-Encephalogram and Imagery Type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Morton A. Rubin  and
Louis H. Cohen
Morton A. Rubin
Affiliation:
The Memorial Foundation for Neuro-Endocrine Research and the Research Service, Worcester State Hospital
Louis H. Cohen
Affiliation:
Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Attempts to find a function characteristic of schizophrenia which may be correlated with the electro-encephalogram have not been very fruitful. For example, in a group of 60 adult schizophrenics only a very slight positive correlation exists between the electrical activity of the brain and duration of illness (Rubin, unpublished observations). The same correlation obtains for duration of hospitalization. Although not systematically studied, there appears to be no correlation between the electro-encephalogram and diagnostic sub-type of schizophrenia.

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Part II.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 85 , Issue 357 , July 1939 , pp. 779 - 783
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1939 

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