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The Effect of Distraction on Schizophrenic Performance (2) Psychomotor Ability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Andrew McGhie ,
James Chapman  and
J. S. Lawson
Andrew McGhie
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews, Queen's College, Dundee
James Chapman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews, Queen's College, Dundee
J. S. Lawson
Affiliation:
From the Royal Dundee Liff Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, University of St. Andrews
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In the preceding paper the effect of experimental distraction was examined and the findings discussed. The present report is concerned with a similar study of the effect of distraction on tests which involve another aspect of schizophrenic performance, that of psychomotor ability. Earlier studies (Chapman and McGhie, 1961, 1962) produced both clinical and experimental evidence that auditory distraction disrupted the motor responses of some schizophrenic patients. As the previous experimental findings were based on two tests involving only very limited areas of psychomotor performance, it was necessary to examine patients on a wide range of psychomotor tests. A second aim of the present investigation was to assess any differential effects due to variation in the sensory modality of the distracting stimuli.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 474 , May 1965 , pp. 391 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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