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Karamaouna P, Zouraraki C, Economou E, Kafetsios K, Bitsios P, Giakoumaki SG. Cold executive function processes and their hot analogs in schizotypy. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2024; 30:285-294. [PMID: 37750805 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617723000590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine cold (based on logical reasoning) versus hot (having emotional components) executive function processes in groups with high individual schizotypal traits. METHOD Two-hundred and forty-seven participants were administered the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire and were allocated into schizotypal (cognitive-perceptual, paranoid, negative, disorganized) or control groups according to pre-specified criteria. Participants were also administered a battery of tasks examining working memory, complex selective attention, response inhibition, decision-making and fluid intelligence and their affective counterparts. The outcome measures of each task were reduced to one composite variable thus formulating five cold and five hot cognitive domains. Between-group differences in the cognitive domains were examined with repeated measures analyses of covariance. RESULTS For working memory, the control and the cognitive-perceptual groups outperformed negative schizotypes, while for affective working memory controls outperformed the disorganized group. Controls also scored higher compared with the disorganized group in complex selective attention, while both the control and the cognitive-perceptual groups outperformed negative schizotypes in complex affective selective attention. Negative schizotypes also had striking difficulties in response inhibition, as they scored lower compared with all other groups. Despite the lack of differences in fluid intelligence, controls scored higher compared with all schizotypal groups (except from cognitive-perceptual schizotypes) in emotional intelligence; the latter group reported higher emotional intelligence compared with negative schizotypes. CONCLUSION Results indicate that there is no categorical association between the different schizotypal dimensions with solely cold or hot executive function processes and support impoverished emotional intelligence as a core feature of schizotypy.
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- Penny Karamaouna
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
- University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
- University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
- University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Gundersen KB, Rasmussen AR, Sandström KO, Albert N, Polari A, Ebdrup BH, Nelson B, Glenthøj LB. Treatment of schizotypal disorder: a protocol for a systematic review of the evidence and recommendations for clinical practice. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e075140. [PMID: 37977859 PMCID: PMC10660957 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Schizotypal disorder is associated with a high level of disability at an individual level and high societal costs. However, clinical recommendations for the treatment of schizotypal disorder are scarce and based on limited evidence. This review aims to synthesise the current evidence on treatment for schizotypal disorder making recommendations for clinical practice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This systematic review protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A systematic literature search will be performed in PsychArticles, Embase, Medline and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Additionally, we will search for relevant articles manually. Inclusion criteria are published studies including individuals diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria, or schizotypal disorder according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) criteria. We will include interventional studies comprising any pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment trials for patients with schizotypal disorder, and all relevant outcome measures will be reported. Risk of bias will be assessed by Cochrane risk-of-bias tools. Data will be synthesised using narrative or thematic analysis and, if suitable, through meta-analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION No original data will be collected as part of this study and ethics approval is, therefore, not applicable. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication and presented at international scientific meetings. We will aim at submitting the final paper for publication within 4 months of completion of analyses. Furthermore, this systematic review will inform clinicians and researchers on the current state of evidence on treatment for schizotypal disorder. Findings may guide proposals for further research and potentially guide recommendations for clinical practice using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022375001.
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- Kristina Ballestad Gundersen
- VIRTU research group, Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Hellerup, Denmark
- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Mental Health Center Amager, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health (CORE), Hellerup, Denmark
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Orygen Specialist Program, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Orygen, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- VIRTU research group, Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Hellerup, Denmark
- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Zouraraki C, Kyriklaki A, Economou E, Giakoumaki SG. The moderating role of early traumatic experiences on the association of schizotypal traits with visual perception. Scand J Psychol 2023; 64:10-20. [PMID: 35833570 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The findings on the association of schizotypal traits with the perception of visual illusions are scarce and inconsistent and have not taken into consideration potential effects of childhood traumatic experiences, a risk factor for schizophrenia-spectrum conditions. Thus, the present study addressed the question of potential moderating effects of early traumatic experiences on the association between different aspects of schizotypal traits with the perception of the Müller-Lyer and Navon's Hierarchical Letters (NHL) illusions. The study revealed that (a) increased suspiciousness was associated with increased liability to the Müller-Lyer illusion, when the exposure to traumatic events was high, whereas the opposite pattern was true when the exposure to traumatic events was low; (b) negative schizotypy was associated with more accurate global perception, and high disorganized schizotypy was associated with superior accuracy when target letters were present during the NHL illusion, when early traumatic experiences were at lower levels; and (c) high negative, disorganized, and total schizotypy were associated with lower accuracy when target letters were present in the NHL paradigm, when early traumatic experiences were at higher levels. The findings of the study suggest that early traumatic events differentially moderate the relationship between various aspects of schizotypal traits and visual perceptual processing.
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- Chrysoula Zouraraki
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.,University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, The Social and Educational Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.,University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, The Social and Educational Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Giakoumaki SG, Karamaouna P, Karagiannopoulou L, Zouraraki C. Self-perceived cognitive lapses and psychological well-being in schizotypy: Generalized and domain-specific associations. Scand J Psychol 2020; 62:134-140. [PMID: 33373062 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A critical link between schizotypy and schizophrenia is impoverished cognitive functioning. In the majority of studies, though: (1) cognition is examined with standard neuropsychological tasks; and (2) high-schizotypal individuals are defined according to criteria applied in the respective study sample. Taking these considerations into account, the aims of the present study were to examine: (1) differences between four pre-defined, according to normative criteria, schizotypal (paranoid, negative, disorganized and cognitive-perceptual) and one control groups in self-perceived cognitive lapses; and (2) associations between schizotypal dimensions, self-perceived cognitive lapses and psychological well-being. Two hundred and sixty-one participants were administered the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and the Flourishing Scale, which assesses psychological well-being. Negative schizotypals reported higher scores in almost all CFQ measures compared with the control group (all p values < 0.01) along with poorer psychological well-being compared with the control and the cognitive-perceptual groups (both p values < 0.001). The disorganized group had higher scores in distractibility, blunders and total CFQ scores compared with the control group (all p values < 0.001). High psychological well-being was significantly associated with low negative schizotypy and CFQ blunders along with high cognitive-perceptual schizotypy (all p values < 0.05). To summarize, negative schizotypy is associated with a profile of "generalized" self-perceived cognitive lapses while disorganized schizotypy is characterized by self-perceived cognitive slips that have previously been shown to be mediated by a fronto-parietal network. Although psychological well-being is negatively associated with social-context specific cognitive failures and negative schizotypy, it is positively associated with cognitive-perceptual schizotypy.
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- Stella G Giakoumaki
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Gallos University campus, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Gallos University campus, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Gallos University campus, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Gallos University campus, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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Schizotypal traits and neuropsychological performance: The role of processing speed. Schizophr Res 2020; 223:128-134. [PMID: 32631701 PMCID: PMC7704687 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits, particularly in processing speed, are widely recognized as a critical feature of schizophrenia, and are also present across schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A number of important confounders, however, such as hospitalization effects and antipsychotic medication, have been shown to affect processing speed, causing debate as to the core cognitive deficits of schizophrenia. The study of individuals who are not clinically psychotic but have schizotypal traits allows investigation of cognitive deficits associated with both positive and negative schizotypy dimensions while excluding potential confounds. METHODS A population-based community sample of 242 healthy adult volunteers assessed using the Structured Interview of Schizotypy - Revised (SIS-R) scale, and a neuropsychological testing battery that included measures of verbal ability, visual and verbal memory, verbal fluency, working memory, executive functions and processing speed. Participants were classified in High or Low Positive Schizotypy (H-PST or L-PST), High or Low Paranoia-like traits (H-PAR or L-PAR) and High or Low Negative Schizotypy (H-NST or L-NST) groups, respectively. RESULTS Individuals with H-PST performed significantly (p < 0.05) worse than L-PST on measures of processing speed and executive functions. Processing speed deficits were also observed in individuals with H-PAR compared to L-PAR (p < 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in neuropsychological performance between H-NST and L-NST on any measure. CONCLUSIONS In a population-based community sample, individuals with high positive schizotypal traits or paranoia-like traits show impairments in processing speed. Consistent with a dimensional view of psychosis, this supports the hypothesis that processing speed represents a core deficit of schizophrenia-like mental states.
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Lundin NB, Todd PM, Jones MN, Avery JE, O'Donnell BF, Hetrick WP. Semantic Search in Psychosis: Modeling Local Exploitation and Global Exploration. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN OPEN 2020; 1:sgaa011. [PMID: 32803160 PMCID: PMC7418865 DOI: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaa011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Impairments in category verbal fluency task (VFT) performance have been widely documented in psychosis. These deficits may be due to disturbed “cognitive foraging” in semantic space, in terms of altered salience of cues that influence individuals to search locally within a subcategory of semantically related responses (“clustering”) or globally between subcategories (“switching”). To test this, we conducted a study in which individuals with schizophrenia (n = 21), schizotypal personality traits (n = 25), and healthy controls (n = 40) performed VFT with “animals” as the category. Distributional semantic model Word2Vec computed cosine-based similarities between words according to their statistical usage in a large text corpus. We then applied a validated foraging-based search model to these similarity values to obtain salience indices of frequency-based global search cues and similarity-based local cues. Analyses examined whether diagnosis predicted VFT performance, search strategies, cue salience, and the time taken to switch between vs search within clusters. Compared to control and schizotypal groups, individuals with schizophrenia produced fewer words, switched less, and exhibited higher global cue salience, indicating a selection of more common words when switching to new clusters. Global cue salience negatively associated with vocabulary ability in controls and processing speed in schizophrenia. Lastly, individuals with schizophrenia took a similar amount of time to switch to new clusters compared to control and schizotypal groups but took longer to transition between words within clusters. Findings of altered local exploitation and global exploration through semantic memory provide preliminary evidence of aberrant cognitive foraging in schizophrenia.
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- Nancy B Lundin
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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Giakoumaki SG, Karagiannopoulou L, Karamaouna P, Zouraraki C, Bitsios P. The association of schizotypal traits with Prepulse Inhibition: a double approach exploration. Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2020; 25:281-293. [PMID: 32539604 DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2020.1779679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Introduction: According to the fully-dimensional approach, schizotypy is a personality trait present in the population in a continuous manner while the quasi-dimensional approach emphasises its extreme presentations. In this study we examined the relationship between sensorimotor gating, a core risk-index of the schizophrenia-spectrum, and four schizotypal factors in a dimensional-wise and a dichotomising-wise approach. Methods: Two-hundred and eighty-three participants were assessed with the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire and were tested for Prepulse Inhibition (PPI). Associations between the schizotypal factors and startle measures were examined with stepwise regressions (dimensional-wise approach). Individuals in the lower 20% or the upper 20% for each schizotypal factor were identified and between-group comparisons were conducted (dichotomising-wise approach). Results: We found that with both approaches, only high paranoid or negative schizotypy were associated with reduced PPI. The low negative schizotypy group had prolonged onset and peak latencies, indicating that prolonged stimulus detection accompanies superior sensorimotor gating in this group. Conclusions: The findings suggest that although differentiating the effects of the various schizotypal factors is primary, the approach employed is secondary. The study also adds evidence in the literature supporting PPI as a useful endophenotypic marker of the schizophrenia-spectrum and highlights the contribution of specific aspects of schizotypy.
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- Stella G Giakoumaki
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Barkus E. Effects of working memory training on emotion regulation: Transdiagnostic review. Psych J 2020; 9:258-279. [PMID: 32166891 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 10/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Working memory training is widely used transdiagnostically to improve cognition. However, more recently, studies using working memory training packages have targeted emotion-regulation outcomes to determine whether far transfer effects can be achieved. A narrative review is conducted of studies that have used standardized computerized working memory training packages across healthy volunteers, affect, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disordered populations with emotion-regulation outcomes. Working memory training has been used in children, adolescents, and adults to improve emotion regulation. Many studies have reported gains in mood as well as emotion-regulation strategies following working memory training, regardless of clinical indication and whether near transfer gains were achieved in cognitive domains. Significant emotion-regulation outcomes include: state and trait anxiety, rumination, brooding, positive appraisal, decreasing maladaptive emotion-regulation strategies, and decreasing intrusive thoughts. It is speculated that these far transfer outcomes from working memory training are possible due to the cognitive and neural overlap between cognitive and affective working memory, and emotion regulation. Working memory training could improve cognitive efficiency, which, in turn, increases the availability of cognitive resources during times when emotion regulation is taxed. Future studies need to consider the role of participant expectancy in predicting outcome measure performance, and including subjective and objective outcomes is paramount to study design. Furthermore, sample sizes require additional attention, given that the current review highlights that individual differences in non-clinical and clinical populations influence the outcomes from working memory training. Working memory training offers a possibility for improving emotion regulation transdiagnostically.
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- Emma Barkus
- School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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Agelink van Rentergem JA, de Vent NR, Schmand BA, Murre JMJ, Staaks JPC, Huizenga HM. The Factor Structure of Cognitive Functioning in Cognitively Healthy Participants: a Meta-Analysis and Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data. Neuropsychol Rev 2020; 30:51-96. [PMID: 32008158 PMCID: PMC7089912 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-019-09423-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Many neuropsychologists are of the opinion that the multitude of cognitive tests may be grouped into a much smaller number of cognitive domains. However, there is little consensus on how many domains exist, what these domains are, nor on which cognitive tests belong to which domain. This incertitude can be solved by factor analysis, provided that the analysis includes a broad range of cognitive tests that have been administered to a very large number of people. In this article, two such factor analyses were performed, each combining multiple studies. However, because it was not possible to obtain complete multivariate data on more than the most common test variables in the field, not all possible domains were examined here. The first analysis was a factor meta-analysis of correlation matrices combining data of 60,398 healthy participants from 52 studies. Several models from the literature were fitted, of which a version based on the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model was found to describe the correlations better than the others. The second analysis was a factor analysis of the Advanced Neuropsychological Diagnostics Infrastructure (ANDI) database, combining scores of 11,881 participants from 54 Dutch and Belgian studies not included in the first meta-analysis. Again, the model fit was better for the CHC model than for other models. Therefore, we conclude that the CHC model best characterizes both cognitive domains and which test belongs to each domain. Therefore, although originally developed in the intelligence literature, the CHC model deserves more attention in neuropsychology.
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- Joost A. Agelink van Rentergem
- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Research priority area Yield, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Karamaouna P, Zouraraki C, Giakoumaki SG. Cognitive Functioning and Schizotypy: A Four-Years Study. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:613015. [PMID: 33488431 PMCID: PMC7820122 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.613015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Although there is ample evidence from cross-sectional studies indicating cognitive deficits in high schizotypal individuals that resemble the cognitive profile of schizophrenia-spectrum patients, there is still lack of evidence by longitudinal/follow-up studies. The present study included assessments of schizotypal traits and a wide range of cognitive functions at two time points (baseline and 4-years assessments) in order to examine (a) their stability over time, (b) the predictive value of baseline schizotypy on cognition at follow-up and (c) differences in cognition between the two time points in high negative schizotypal and control individuals. Only high negative schizotypal individuals were compared with controls due to the limited number of participants falling in the other schizotypal groups at follow-up. Seventy participants (mean age: 36.17; 70% females) were assessed at baseline and follow-up. Schizotypal traits were evaluated with the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. We found that schizotypal traits decreased over time, except in a sub-group of participants ("schizotypy congruent") that includes individuals who consistently meet normative criteria of inclusion in either a schizotypal or control group. In these individuals, negative schizotypy and aspects of cognitive-perceptual and disorganized schizotypy remained stable. The stability of cognitive functioning also varied over time: response inhibition, aspects of cued attention switching, set-shifting and phonemic/semantic verbal fluency improved at follow-up. High negative schizotypy at baseline predicted poorer response inhibition and semantic switching at follow-up while high disorganized schizotypy predicted poorer semantic processing and complex processing speed/set-shifting. The between-group analyses revealed that response inhibition, set-shifting and complex processing speed/set-shifting were poorer in negative schizotypals compared with controls at both time points, while maintaining set and semantic switching were poorer only at follow-up. Taken together, the findings show differential stability of the schizotypal traits over time and indicate that different aspects of schizotypy predict a different pattern of neuropsychological task performance during a 4-years time window. These results are of significant use in the formulation of targeted early-intervention strategies for high-risk populations.
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- Penny Karamaouna
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.,University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, The Social and Educational Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.,University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, The Social and Educational Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.,University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, The Social and Educational Sciences (UCRC), University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
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Velikonja T, Velthorst E, McClure MM, Rutter S, Calabrese WR, Rosell D, Koenigsberg HW, Goodman M, New AS, Hazlett EA, Perez-Rodriguez MM. Severe childhood trauma and clinical and neurocognitive features in schizotypal personality disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2019; 140:50-64. [PMID: 30951190 DOI: 10.1111/acps.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Literature suggests that childhood trauma increases vulnerability for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, including schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). Yet, it remains unexplored whether childhood trauma predicts symptom load and the level of neurocognitive functioning in SPD. METHOD We included 225 individuals with SPD and 127 healthy controls. Childhood trauma was evaluated using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and schizotypal traits were assessed using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. Standard neurocognitive assessments covered six cognitive domains. RESULTS All types of reported childhood trauma were significantly associated with SPD, in a linear fashion. Severe sexual abuse showed the greatest magnitude of association with higher cognitive-perceptual load (e.g., ideas of reference, odd belief or magical thinking); severe emotional neglect was associated with interpersonal scores (e.g., excessive social anxiety, constricted affect) within the SPD group. SPD individuals who reported severe trauma showed worse cognitive functioning (i.e., working memory, verbal/visual learning and memory, as well as verbal fluency). CONCLUSIONS Particular severe childhood trauma types were associated with higher cognitive-perceptual and interpersonal symptoms in SPD, along with worse cognitive functioning. These findings highlight the need for clinicians to enquire about childhood trauma in SPD patients, since unaddressed early adverse experiences may carry long-term negative consequences.
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- T Velikonja
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,Seaver Center of Research and Treatment, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,Seaver Center of Research and Treatment, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA.,James J. Peters VA Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, USA.,CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
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Faiola E, Meyhöfer I, Steffens M, Kasparbauer AM, Kumari V, Ettinger U. Combining trait and state model systems of psychosis: The effect of sleep deprivation on cognitive functions in schizotypal individuals. Psychiatry Res 2018; 270:639-648. [PMID: 30384284 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Model systems of psychosis play an important role in pathophysiology and drug development research. Schizotypal individuals display similar cognitive impairments as schizophrenia patients in several domains. Therefore, schizotypy may be interpreted as a trait model system of psychosis. In addition, experimentally controlled sleep deprivation is a putative state psychosis model that evokes subclinical psychosis-like states. We aimed to further validate these model systems by examining them in relation to central cognitive biomarkers of schizophrenia. Most of all, we were interested in investigating, for the first time, effects of their combination on cognitive function. Healthy subjects with high (N = 17) or low (N = 19) levels of schizotypy performed a cognitive task battery after one night of normal sleep and after 24 h of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation impaired performance in the go/nogo and n-back tasks relative to the normal sleep control condition. No differences between groups or interactions of group with sleep condition were found. The role of sleep deprivation as a model of psychosis is thus supported to some extent by impairments in inhibitory control. However, classical measures of cognition may be less able to detect deficits in schizotypy, in line with evidence of more basic information processing dysfunctions in schizotypy.
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- Eliana Faiola
- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, Bonn 53111, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, Bonn 53111, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, Bonn 53111, Germany.
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- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9, Bonn 53111, Germany.
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Steffens M, Meyhöfer I, Fassbender K, Ettinger U, Kambeitz J. Association of Schizotypy With Dimensions of Cognitive Control: A Meta-Analysis. Schizophr Bull 2018; 44:S512-S524. [PMID: 29554369 PMCID: PMC6188506 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Schizotypy is defined as a time-stable multidimensional personality trait consisting of positive, negative, and disorganized facets. Schizotypy is considered as a model system of psychosis, as there is considerable overlap between the 2 constructs. High schizotypy is associated with subtle but fairly widespread cognitive alterations, which include poorer performance in tasks measuring cognitive control. Similar but more pronounced impairments in cognitive control have been described extensively in psychosis. We here sought to provide a quantitative estimation of the effect size of impairments in schizotypy in the updating, shifting, and inhibition dimensions of cognitive control. We included studies of healthy adults from both general population and college samples, which used either categorical or correlative designs. Negative schizotypy was associated with significantly poorer performance on shifting (g = 0.32) and updating (g = 0.11). Positive schizotypy was associated with significantly poorer performance on shifting (g = 0.18). There were no significant associations between schizotypy and inhibition. The divergence in results for positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy emphasizes the importance of examining relationships between cognition and the facets of schizotypy rather than using the overall score. Our findings also underline the importance of more detailed research to further understand and define this complex personality construct, which will also be of importance when applying schizotypy as a model system for psychosis.
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- Maria Steffens
- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring, Bonn, Germany,To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: +49-228-734208, e-mail:
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Cosgrave J, Haines R, Golodetz S, Claridge G, Wulff K, van Heugten-van der Kloet D. Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation. Front Psychol 2018; 9:708. [PMID: 29867673 PMCID: PMC5964745 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Insight problem solving is thought to underpin creative thought as it incorporates both divergent (generating multiple ideas and solutions) and convergent (arriving at the optimal solution) thinking approaches. The current literature on schizotypy and creativity is mixed and requires clarification. An alternate approach was employed by designing an exploratory web-based study using only correlates of schizotypal traits (paranoia, dissociation, cognitive failures, fantasy proneness, and unusual sleep experiences) and examining which (if any) predicted optimal performance on an insight problem-solving task. One hundred and twenty-one participants were recruited online from the general population and completed the number reduction task. The discovery of the hidden rule (HR) was used as a measure of insight. Multivariate logistic regression analyses highlighted persecutory ideation to best predict the discovery of the HR (OR = 1.05; 95% CI 1.01–1.10, p = 0.017), with a one-point increase in persecutory ideas corresponding to the participant being 5% more likely to discover the HR. This result suggests that persecutory ideation, above other schizotypy correlates, may be involved in insight problem solving.
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- Jan Cosgrave
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Statistics, Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Smart Specs Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Social Work and Public Health, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Zouraraki C, Karamaouna P, Karagiannopoulou L, Giakoumaki SG. Schizotypy-Independent and Schizotypy-Modulated Cognitive Impairments in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia-spectrum Patients. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2017; 32:1010-1025. [PMID: 28383650 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acx029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objective The aim of the study was to compare the neurocognitive profile of unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients with control individuals, controlling for different schizotypal traits. Method One hundred and fifteen adult unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia-spectrum patients and 122 controls were tested for schizotypy with the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. They also underwent a thorough neurocognitive assessment with a range of tasks covering several aspects of executive functioning. Between-group differences in cognition were examined first with multivariate analysis of variance and then with a series of multivariate analyses of covariance, including the schizotypal dimensions as covariates. Results The relatives had higher scores on all schizotypal dimensions compared with controls and poorer planning, problem solving, strategy formation and working memory, irrespective of schizotypal traits. They also scored lower in executive working memory and verbal fluency. The difference in executive working memory was sensitive to the effects of paranoid and negative schizotypy (both dimensions abolished the between-group difference) whereas the difference in verbal fluency was sensitive only to the effects of paranoid schizotypy. Neither cognitive-perceptual nor disorganized schizotypy accounted for any differences in neurocognition between relatives and the controls. Conclusions Impairments in planning, problem solving, strategy formation and working memory are "core" impairments in the schizophrenia-spectrum, possibly due to high heritability effects in these functions. Impairments in executive working memory and verbal fluency are associated with paranoid and negative schizotypy, possibly due to alterations in a common fronto-temporo-parietal neural network.
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- Chrysoula Zouraraki
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
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