"Regression" in schizophrenia as determined by performance on the Bender-Gestalt test.

Abstract

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Bridges between schizophrenia and gerontology: Generalized or specific deficits?

“…Early formulations of the concept of regression in schizophrenia argued that the patient's thinking reverts to a mode that he used earlier in his own life (Maher, 1966). Experiments that compared the laboratory performance of children with that of schizophrenics (e.g., Cameron, 1938Cameron, , 1939Suttell & Pascal, 1952), however, revealed only a superficial similarity between the performance of children and that of adult schizophrenics. Maher (1966), in particular, criticized the use of children as a control group for schizophrenics: "A child may fail to give the correct 'adult' answer to a test item because he has not yet had the opportunity to learn it" (p. 411).…”

Bridges between schizophrenia and gerontology: Generalized or specific deficits?

“…Early formulations of the concept of regression in schizophrenia argued that the patient's thinking reverts to a mode that he used earlier in his own life (Maher, 1966). Experiments that compared the laboratory performance of children with that of schizophrenics (e.g., Cameron, 1938Cameron, , 1939Suttell & Pascal, 1952), however, revealed only a superficial similarity between the performance of children and that of adult schizophrenics. Maher (1966), in particular, criticized the use of children as a control group for schizophrenics: "A child may fail to give the correct 'adult' answer to a test item because he has not yet had the opportunity to learn it" (p. 411).…”

Bridges between schizophrenia and gerontology: Generalized or specific deficits?

“…Early formulations of the concept of regression in schizophrenia argued that the patient's thinking reverts to a mode that he used earlier in his own life (Maher, 1966). Experiments that compared the laboratory performance of children with that of schizophrenics (e.g., Cameron, 1938Cameron, , 1939Suttell & Pascal, 1952), however, revealed only a superficial similarity between the performance of children and that of adult schizophrenics. Maher (1966), in particular, criticized the use of children as a control group for schizophrenics: "A child may fail to give the correct 'adult' answer to a test item because he has not yet had the opportunity to learn it" (p. 411).…”

Bridges between schizophrenia and gerontology: Generalized or specific deficits?

“…Early formulations of the concept of regression in schizophrenia argued that the patient's thinking reverts to a mode that he used earlier in his own life (Maher, 1966). Experiments that compared the laboratory performance of children with that of schizophrenics (e.g., Cameron, 1938Cameron, , 1939Suttell & Pascal, 1952), however, revealed only a superficial similarity between the performance of children and that of adult schizophrenics. Maher (1966), in particular, criticized the use of children as a control group for schizophrenics: "A child may fail to give the correct 'adult' answer to a test item because he has not yet had the opportunity to learn it" (p. 411).…”