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Multiple forms of contour grouping deficits in schizophrenia: What is the role of spatial frequency?

Author(s): Keane, Brian P.; Erlikhman, Gennady; Kastner, Sabine; Paterno, Danielle; Silverstein, Steven M.

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dc.contributor.authorKeane, Brian P.-
dc.contributor.authorErlikhman, Gennady-
dc.contributor.authorKastner, Sabine-
dc.contributor.authorPaterno, Danielle-
dc.contributor.authorSilverstein, Steven M.-
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-28T15:54:58Z-
dc.date.available2019-10-28T15:54:58Z-
dc.date.issued2014-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationKeane, Brian P, Erlikhman, Gennady, Kastner, Sabine, Paterno, Danielle, Silverstein, Steven M. (2014). Multiple forms of contour grouping deficits in schizophrenia: What is the role of spatial frequency?. Neuropsychologia, 65 (221 - 233. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.031en_US
dc.identifier.issn0028-3932-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1z74p-
dc.description.abstractSchizophrenia patients poorly perceive Kanizsa figures and integrate co-aligned contour elements (Gabors). They also poorly process low spatial frequencies (SFs), which presumably reflects dysfunction along the dorsal pathway. Can contour grouping deficits be explained in terms of the spatial frequency content of the display elements? To address the question, we tested patients and matched controls on three contour grouping paradigms in which the SF composition was modulated. In the Kanizsa task, subjects discriminated quartets of sectored circles (“pac-men”) that either formed or did not form Kanizsa shapes (illusory and fragmented conditions, respectively). In contour integration, subjects identified the screen quadrant thought to contain a closed chain of co-circular Gabors. In collinear facilitation, subjects attempted to detect a central low-contrast element flanked by collinear or orthogonal high-contrast elements, and facilitation corresponded to the amount by which collinear flankers reduced contrast thresholds. We varied SF by modifying the element features in the Kanizsa task and by scaling the entire stimulus display in the remaining tasks (SFs ranging from 4–12 cycles/deg). Irrespective of SF, patients were worse at discriminating illusory, but not fragmented shapes. Contrary to our hypothesis, collinear facilitation and contour integration were abnormal in the clinical group only for the higher SF (>=10 c/deg). Tasks correlated with clinical variables, such as conceptual disorganization, general symptoms, and levels of functioning. In schizophrenia, three forms of contour grouping impairments prominently arise and cannot be attributed to poor low SF processing. Neurobiological and clinical implications are discussed.en_US
dc.format.extent221 - 233en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNeuropsychologiaen_US
dc.rightsAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.titleMultiple forms of contour grouping deficits in schizophrenia: What is the role of spatial frequency?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.031-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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