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- Visual masking is a method that helps researchers study the initial stages of visual processing in schizophrenia by allowing precise control over timing and being compatible with brain imaging techniques like EEG and fMRI.
- The paper reviews how visual masking impairments relate to clinical symptoms of schizophrenia, the impact of antipsychotic medications, diagnostic accuracy, and prevalence among at-risk groups.
- It also discusses the underlying neural mechanisms for visual masking and proposes an explanation for the observed visual processing patterns in individuals with schizophrenia based on recent research findings.
Article Abstract
Visual masking provides several key advantages for exploring the earliest stages of visual processing in schizophrenia: it allows for control over timing at the millisecond level, there are several well-supported theories of the underlying neurobiology of visual masking, and it is amenable to examination by electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this paper, we provide an overview of the visual masking impairment schizophrenia, including the relevant theoretical mechanisms for masking impairment. We will discuss its relationship to clinical symptoms, antipsychotic medications, diagnostic specificity, and presence in at-risk populations. As part of this overview, we will cover the neural correlates of visual masking based on recent findings from EEG and fMRI. Finally, we will suggest a possible mechanism that could explain the patterns of masking findings and other visual processing findings in schizophrenia.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3122285 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbr051 | DOI Listing |
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