TY - BOOK AU - Locke,Simeon TI - Unbalanced: a view from the vestibule : schizophrenia and hyperattention SN - 9789814299633 AV - RC455.4.A85 L63 2011eb U1 - 616.89/8 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Singapore, Hackensack, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - Attention KW - Schizophrenia KW - Physiological aspects KW - Arousal (Physiology) KW - physiopathology KW - Arousal KW - diagnosis KW - Vestibular Diseases KW - complications KW - Vestibule, Labyrinth KW - Éveil KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Psychopathology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-121) and index; Disease -- Arousal -- Parkinson's disease -- Schizophrenia -- Perception -- Hallucinations -- Vestibular system -- Temporal lobe epilepsy N2 - The symptoms of schizophrenia have generated interest for more than two centuries. How are they produced? Where do they come from? In this highly stimulating book, Dr Locke proposes a new basic mechanism to account for many of the findings in schizophrenia. His ideas are based on observations and experiments at a State Psychiatric Hospital where he was the director of a Neurological Unit for ten years. He was struck by an outstanding sign of schizophrenia which had not attracted attention in the classical literature. Schizophrenia patients, he noticed, were too alert, too attentive. If this hy UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=373236 ER -