"To see or not to see: that is the question." The "Protection-Against-Schizophrenia" (PaSZ) model: evidence from congenital blindness and visuo-cognitive aberrations

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-287919
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.28791

Landgraf, Steffen ; Osterheider, Michael

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Abstract

The causes of schizophrenia are still unknown. For the last 100 years, though, both "absent" and "perfect" vision have been associated with a lower risk for schizophrenia. Hence, vision itself and aberrations in visual functioning may be fundamental to the development and etiological explanations of the disorder. In this paper, we present the "Protection-Against-Schizophrenia" (PaSZ) model, which ...