Clarifying the roles of schizotypy and psychopathic traits in lexical decision performance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some studies suggest that lexical recognition is impaired in people with schizophrenia, psychopathy and/or antisocial personality disorders, but not affective disorders. We examined the extent to which various traits dimensionally linked to one or more of these disorders are associated with lexical recognition performance in the general population.

Methods

Seventy-eight healthy English-speaking participants completed self-report measures of schizotypy, psychopathy, impulsivity, depression, anxiety and stress. All participants were assessed on a one-choice variant of a lexical decision task (LDT).

Results

Meanness and Boldness traits of psychopathy (Triarchic Psychopathy Measure), and positive schizotypy (Unusual Experiences, Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of

SUBMITTER: Vanova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature