Schizophrenia and cortical blindness: Protective effects and implications for language

The repeatedly noted absence of case-reports of individuals with schizophrenia and congenital/early developed blindness has led several authors to argue that the latter can confer protective effects against the former. In this work, we present a number of relevant case-reports from different syndrom...

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Main Authors: Evelina eLeivada, Cedric eBoeckx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00940/full