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Lead
National Eye Institute (NEI)
OBJECTIVE:
To study if there is a defect in internal monitoring of eye movements in patients with schizophrenia.
STUDY POPULATION:
Patients with schizophrenia and normal controls.
DESIGN:
Patients and controls will be asked to follow targets to remembered locations and their eye movements will be monitored.
OUTCOME MEASURES:
Eye movements will be examined for evidence of internal monitoring (corollary discharge) defects which would result in mislocalizing remembered targets.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Adult subjects over 18 years of age who are able to give informed consent and are able to concentrate on a task for 20 minutes which involves following projected targets and moving their eyes to remembered locations.
You may not be if
1. Large refractive error requiring strong glasses. Glasses may interfere with the video eye movement recording system. However, participants may wear contact lenses. Subjects with a history of eye disease affecting vision or eye movements will also be excluded.
