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ArticleCognitive neuropsychiatry2026

Contrast sensitivity and subjective visual disturbances across the psychosis continuum.

Yunyang Zhang, Jan W Brascamp, Jacqueline Y Bao, William Quackenbush, Christophe Delay, Sarah Jones, Nathan T Carter, Steven M Silverstein, Brian P Keane, Katharine N Thakkar

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Yunyang ZhangDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Jan W BrascampDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Jacqueline Y BaoDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
William QuackenbushDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Christophe DelayDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Sarah JonesDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Nathan T CarterDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Steven M SilversteinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Brian P KeaneDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Katharine N ThakkarDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

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Visual perception as a window onto prediction anomalies in schizophreniaR01MH121417 · NIMH · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI THAKKAR, KATHARINE NATASHA · 2021 to 2025
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Abstract

introductionSubjective visual disturbances and objective visual deficits are common across the psychosis spectrum. Few investigations have tested them in the same sample to ask whether subjective disturbances may arise from low-level visual processing deficits. This study assessed whether reduced contrast sensitivity (CS), a low-level visual processing deficit in people with schizophrenia (PSZ), may contribute to subjective visual disturbances across the psychosis spectrum.

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resultsPSZ and High PLE endorsed more distortions than controls. In PSZ, distortion severity, but not CS, correlated with social risk factors and clinical symptoms. Only PSZ showed reduced CS, and no associations between distortions and CS were observed.

conclusionsFindings do not support a bottom-up account of visual distortions; instead, they may arise from higher-order processes.

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Contrast SensitivityPerceptual DisordersPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaVision DisordersAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultclinically high riskcontrast sensitivitySchizophreniavisual disturbances

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PMCPMC13345213

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