Objective assessment of exploratory behaviour in schizophrenia using wireless motion capture

This study evaluated deficits in exploratory behaviour in an open-field setting using wireless motion capture. Twenty-one stable adult outpatients with schizophrenia and twenty matched healthy controls completed the Novelty Exploration Task, in which participants explored a novel environment containing familiar and uncommon objects.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - September 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ishraq Siddiqui, Gary Remington, Paul J. Fletcher, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Jason W. Fong, Sarah Saperia, Gagan Fervaha, Susana Da Silva, Konstantine K. Zakzanis, George Foussias Source Type: research