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. 1990 Jan-Mar;32(1):72–76.

EYE MOVEMENTS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

Ram Sharan 1,, Somnath Chaterjee 2, N Janakiramaiah 3, BN Gangadhar 4
PMCID: PMC2989574  PMID: 21927431

SUMMARY

Smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM) has been reported to be abnormal in schizophrenic patients. 30 schizophrenic patients and 15 normal subjects were examined for the quality of their smooth pursuit performance. 73.33% of the schizophrenics and 40% of the normal subjects had ‘impaired’ pursuit performance. The significance of the findings has been discussed.

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