Abstract
GENERAL COMMENTARY article Front. Psychol., 03 April 2013Sec. Psychopathology Volume 4 - 2013 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00157
Highlights
Our paper on congenital and early (C/E) blindness and schizophrenia was an effort to account for the previously reported negative relationship between these conditions, in light of recent work indicating what the study of C/E blind people reveals about brain function and organization (Cattaneo and Vecchi, 2011; Kupers et al, 2011; Ricciardi and Pietrini, 2011)
The conclusion that there are no C/E blind people with schizophrenia is based on a small number of studies that had both conditions
If because, as a simple calculation demon- C/E blindness did not protect against the strates, a case of congenital blindness and development of schizophrenia, comorbidschizophrenia would be extremely rare ity would be more likely to be reported even if there was no protective effect in such countries
Summary
Our paper on congenital and early (C/E) blindness and schizophrenia was an effort to account for the previously reported negative relationship between these conditions, in light of recent work indicating what the study of C/E blind people reveals about brain function and organization (Cattaneo and Vecchi, 2011; Kupers et al, 2011; Ricciardi and Pietrini, 2011). The conclusion that there are no C/E blind people with schizophrenia is based on a small number of studies that had both conditions.
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