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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Computer aided cognitive rehabilitation possible application to the attentional deficit of schizophrenia, a report of negative results |
Author: | Field, C. Galletly, C. Anderson, D. Walker, P. |
Citation: | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997; 85(3, part 1):995-1002 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
ISSN: | 0031-5125 1558-688X |
Abstract: | The cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia commonly include impairment in attention, which may contribute to difficulties with learning, memory, and executive function. This study evaluated the effectiveness of computer-aided training of attentional skills in schizophrenia. Two groups of schizophrenic subjects (9 men and 1 woman) were matched for age, estimated premorbid IQ, and positive and negative symptom scores. Both groups were assessed using a battery of attentional tests. Subjects then received either six 1-hr. computer-aided cognitive rehabilitation sessions (experimental condition) or six sessions of graphics-based computer games (control condition). Both groups were reassessed with attentional measures. There was significant improvement on only one test, a letter-cancellation task. This improvement was evident in both groups suggesting that this was a practise effect. Apart from the letter-cancellation test, subjects undertaking the computer-aided rehabilitation treatment did not show significant improvement on any attentional tasks. |
Keywords: | Humans Treatment Outcome Ambulatory Care Therapy, Computer-Assisted Attention Cognition Disorders Schizophrenia Schizophrenic Psychology Computer Graphics Adult Middle Aged Female Male Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
DOI: | 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.995 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.995 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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