DO SCHIZOPHRENICS NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND IMAGINATION - AN EEG STUDY USING DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

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作者
LUTZENBERGER, W [1 ]
STEVENS, A [1 ]
BARTELS, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TUBINGEN,PSYCHIAT KLIN,D-72074 TUBINGEN,GERMANY
关键词
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; CORRELATION DIMENSION; IMAGERY; PERCEPTION; FRACTAL DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(95)12036-4
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The electroencephalograms (EEGs) of 18 chronic schizophrenic patients and 16 controls were compared during three experimental conditions: simple mental arithmetic, the perception of a moving double pendulum, and the imagination of it. An elevated dimensional complexity of the EEG of schizophrenic patients during perception as compared to normals and a failure to increase dimensional complexity during mental imagery was found. No differences were found during mental arithmetic. It is concluded that the brains of schizophrenics operate during perception in a functional state that is characterised by increased and apparently unnecessary complexity.
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