People with schizophrenia tend to have difficulty focusing on one item of information at a time and are often overwhelmed by a jumble of thoughts, sensations, images, and feelings because of this impaired "sensory filter" in their brains.Thus, many symptoms of schizophrenia appear to be due to problems in

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People with schizophrenia have problems with selective attention which is the ability to focus on specific stimuli while ignoring others. Their impaired sensory filter makes it difficult for them to focus on one item of information at a time and they are often overwhelmed by a jumble of thoughts, sensations, images, and feelings. This contributes to many of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions. Long-term potentiation, convergent thinking, and implicit processing are not directly related to the sensory filtering problems seen in schizophrenia.

People with Schizophrenia Tend to Have Difficulty Focusing on One