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Reduced negative priming in schizotypy: Failure to replicate
Author(s) -
Moritz Steffen,
Andresen Burghard
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1348/014466504323088060
Subject(s) - schizotypy , psychology , priming (agriculture) , negative priming , stroop effect , backward masking , personality , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , schizotypal personality disorder , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , perception , selective attention , neuroscience , social psychology , psychiatry , botany , germination , biology
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of negative priming and schizotypal personality using a Stroop‐version of the paradigm. Methods: Negative priming was determined for 160 healthy participants. Schizotypal symptoms were assessed with several schizotypal scales. Results: No significant relationship emerged between any of the schizotypal scales and negative priming. Conclusions: It is inferred that negative priming is undisturbed in schizophrenia and schizotypy when unmasked negative priming tasks are employed. Reduced negative priming in previous studies may represent an epi‐phenomenon of short prime presentation times and backward masking.