A disruption in this circuitry produces “cognitive dysmetria,” difficulty in prioritizing, processing, coordinating, and responding to information. This “poor mental coordination” is a fundamental cognitive deficit in schizophrenia and can account for its broad diversity of symptoms.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9613621/#:~:text=A%20disruption%20in%20this%20circuitry,its%20broad%20diversity%20of%20symptoms.
Nancy C. Andreasen, Sergio Paradiso, Daniel S. O’Leary, “Cognitive Dysmetria” as an Integrative Theory of Schizophrenia: A Dysfunction in Cortical-Subcortical-Cerebellar Circuitry?, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033321
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