Uhlhaas and Silverstein (2003) The Continuing Relevance of Gestalt Psychology for an Understanding of Schizophrenia

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The Continuing Relevance of Gestalt Psychology for an Understanding of Schizophrenia

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Uhlhaas, Peter J. (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research)
	Author:	Silverstein, Steven M. (Cornell University)

JOURNAL:

Gestalt Theory - An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 25(4), 256 - 279.

YEAR:

2003

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

Gestalt theory, Gestalt psychology, schizophrenia, psychopathology

DISCIPLINE:

Psychology

HTTP:

http://gestalttheory.net/gth/

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-404-787 (Last edited on 2006/02/26 11:24:35 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Contributions of Gestalt psychology towards the understanding of psychopathology haven been largely ignored in the scientific literature. In this article, we have tried to demonstrate that concepts derived from Gestalt psychology allow fruitful insights into psychopathology, especially into psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. Convergence of findings from Gestalt psychology and cognitive neuroscience show that it is possible to characterize schizophrenia in terms of a loss in the gestalt structure of cognitive and neuronal processes. The loss of gestaltstructure is particularly pronounced in visual perception. This change in cognition, however, is also characteristic of other cognitive deficits, such as language perception, and is related to a comprehensive impairment in the coordination of cognitive and neural processes in schizophrenia.

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