Upside Down, Give me the Handle

All participants will perform cognitive tasks: reaction time (Alert TEA, Zimmermann and Fimm, 2005), Edinburgh laterality questionnaire (Oldfield, 1971), IQ test (IQ: PM38, Raven, 1960), and the PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Kay et al., 1987). Controls will only have the first three tasks (cognitive spots Alert and laterality). Then all will perform all tasks in successive order (task 1 and task 2). For both tasks, photographs of 20 objects of everyday life typical grip with one hand are presented in 4 orientations. The instruction is to say if the object is presented upright or inverted; The second task differs from the first only by the introduction of a prime: presenting a hand in position "catching" before the picture of an object

Inclusion criteria

For patients:

• a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia (men or women),
• no change in antipsychotic medication and clinical status within four weeks prior to the study

Exclusion criteria

• IQ < 70

For patients and control group Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years et ≤ 50 years

Exclusion criteria

• History of head trauma,
• neurological disease with cerebral repercussion or not stabilized serious physical illness;
• psychotropic medication,
• disorders related to the use of a psychoactive substance (abuse, dependence or withdrawal);