Lois Miriam Nelson , 1921 - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONCEPTUAL , PERCEPTUAL , AND ELECTROENCEPHALO GRAPHS FACTORS IN PROCESS AND REACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENICS

ix 1. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 1 Development of Schizophrenia as a Diagnostic Concept 1 Classifications Used in Research 3 Diagnostic Subclass 3 Paranoid Versus Non-Paranoid 3 Acute Versus Chronic 3 Process-Reactive Classification 4 Physiological Functioning in Schizophrenia ... 6 Studies of the Autonomic Nervous System . . 6 Functions Associated With the Reticular System 7 The Electroencephalogram in Schizophrenia, , . 9 Increased Variability and Abnormal Wave Forms 9 Decreased Responsiveness to External or Internal Changes 11 Relationship Between Physiological and Behavioral Arousal 15 2. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 17 3. METHOD 19 Subjects 19 Experimental Procedure 22 4. RESULTS 27 Summary of Results 38 5. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 43 Conclusions 50 6. REFERENCES 52