Abstract
The relationship between learned variations in attention and schizotypy was examined in two experiments. In Experiment 1, participants low on a negative subscale of schizotypy exhibited an explicit bias in overt attention towards stimuli that were established as predictive of a trial outcome, relative to stimuli that were irrelevant. The same participants also showed a bias in learning about these stimuli when they presented in a novel context. Neither of these effects was observed in participants high in schizotypy. In Experiment 2, participants low on the negative subscale of schizotypy exhibited faster reaction times towards a target that was cued by a stimulus that had a history of predictive validity relative to a stimulus that had a history of irrelevance. Again, this effect was not present in participants high in schizotypy. These results imply a disruption in the normal allocation of attention to cues that have predictive significance in schizotypy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 601-624 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | British Journal of Psychology |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- attention
- eye-tracking
- learned-irrelevance
- learning
- schizophrenia
- schizotypy