Perception of body size in schizophrenia.

摘要: In an earlier preliminary study, Cleveland 1 found that schizophrenics overestimate body size when making judgments from photographs of parts. Moreover, exceeded a hospital control group in estimates made such parts as heart and stomach, well hand foot. Yet on neutral, nonbody object photographed baseball, neither overestimated the actual baseball nor did they significantly exceed controls judging baseball. This exploratory study involved only 30 nonpsychotic controls. Size evaluations were restricted to photograph series hand, foot, heart, A more comprehensive was undertaken check these findings extend area investigation perception schizophrenia different aspects size,