Schizophrenic's 'Automatic Pilot' Still Works, But Processing New Information Causes Problems
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 12:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Answering a phone call while cooking dinner ... walking to work while texting ... driving while listening to the radio -- all without having to think about it. After plenty of practice, people can do a lot of things on automatic pilot and simultaneously. However, for people with schizophrenia that is a different story. Researchers investigated whether a disruption to the automation process, learning by repetition to do something on automatic pilot, explains why people with schizophrenia can process less information.