Cognitive slippage in schizotypic individuals

The Miers and Raulin Cognitive Slippage Scale was used to assess subtle thought disorder, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) was used to assess cognitive performance in deviantly high scorers on the Perceptual Aberration and Magical Ideation Scales (N = 63), high scorers on the revised Socia...

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Published inThe journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 189; no. 11; p. 750
Main Authors Gooding, D C, Tallent, K A, Hegyi, J V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2001
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Attention
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Reference Values
Risk Factors
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - psychology
Students - psychology
Thinking
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Summary:The Miers and Raulin Cognitive Slippage Scale was used to assess subtle thought disorder, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) was used to assess cognitive performance in deviantly high scorers on the Perceptual Aberration and Magical Ideation Scales (N = 63), high scorers on the revised Social Anhedonia Scale (N = 62), and in control subjects (N = 83). Results indicate that schizotypic individuals are more likely to report greater cognitive slippage and less likely to achieve as many WCST categories as controls. Individuals with both positive and negative symptoms of schizotypy reported higher levels of cognitive slippage than those individuals reporting only negative schizotypy. Additionally, the results confirm the presence of an especially high-risk group of psychosis-prone individuals, namely, those individuals with deviant scores on the revised Social Anhedonia Scale who possess additional indicators of schizotypy.
ISSN:0022-3018
DOI:10.1097/00005053-200111000-00004