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O'Driscoll, Gillian A.; Callahan, Brandy L. – Brain and Cognition, 2008
Abnormal smooth pursuit eye-tracking is one of the most replicated deficits in the psychophysiological literature in schizophrenia [Levy, D. L., Holzman, P. S., Matthysse, S., & Mendell, N. R. (1993). "Eye tracking dysfunction and schizophrenia: A critical perspective." "Schizophrenia Bulletin, 19", 461-505]. We used meta-analytic procedures to…
Descriptors: Maintenance, Schizophrenia, Patients, Effect Size
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Russo, Natalie; Flanagan, Tara; Iarocci, Grace; Berringer, Darlene; Zelazo, Philip David; Burack, Jacob A. – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Individuals with autism demonstrate impairments on measures of executive function (EF) relative to typically developing comparison participants. EF is comprised of several processes including inhibition, working memory and set shifting that develop throughout the lifespan. Impairments in EF may appear early in development and persist, or may…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Autism, Memory, Cognitive Processes
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Casanova, Manuel F.; Switala, Andrew E.; Trippe, Juan; Fitzgerald, Michael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
It has been suggested that the cell minicolumn is the smallest module capable of information processing within the brain. In this case series, photomicrographs of six regions of interests (Brodmann areas 4, 9, 17, 21, 22, and 40) were analyzed by computerized image analysis for minicolumnar morphometry in the brains of three distinguished…
Descriptors: Brain, Diagnostic Tests, Cytology, Cognitive Processes