Title
A potential qualitative endophenotype for schizophrenia: Backward masking response to red light
Abbreviated Journal Title
Psychiatry Res.
Keywords
Visual processing; Magnocellular visual pathway; Cognitive; Genetic; Location backward masking; Masking by pattern; INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEFICITS; VISUAL MASKING; BACKGROUND COLOR; M-CHANNELS; MOTION; VULNERABILITY; METACONTRAST; SCHIZOTYPAL; TRANSIENT; PERFORMANCE; Psychiatry
Abstract
Past research with unaffected relatives of individuals with schizophrenia has suggested a new qualitative endophenotype for schizophrenia that involves a unique change in visual processing response to red light. The current study provides the first report of this "red light effect" in individuals with schizophrenia (N=15), compared with nonpsychiatric controls (N=16), using a location backward masking by pattern paradigm with red and green background conditions. Analyses revealed a statistically significant group difference in the overall change in accuracy to a red background. Controls tended to show an increase in accuracy with the red (compared with green) background, although the medium effect size was not statistically significant in the small sample. In contrast, participants with schizophrenia showed a statistically significant decrease in accuracy with the red background. Results support recent reports which have suggested that a unique change in visual processing in response to red light may represent a new endophenotype for schizophrenia. This effect is unique from most existing endophenotypes in that it represents a distinct qualitative performance pattern rather than simply poorer performance relative to a comparison group. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All fights reserved.
Journal Title
Psychiatry Research
Volume
166
Issue/Number
2-3
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
166
Last Page
173
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0165-1781
Recommended Citation
"A potential qualitative endophenotype for schizophrenia: Backward masking response to red light" (2009). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1328.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1328
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