TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuropsychological evidence for dimensional schizotypy
T2 - Implications for creativity and psychopathology
AU - Fisher, Joscelyn E.
AU - Mohanty, Aprajita
AU - Herrington, John D.
AU - Koven, Nancy S.
AU - Miller, Gregory A.
AU - Heller, Wendy
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institute of Drug Abuse (R21 DA14111), National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH61358, T32 MH14257, T32 MH19554, F31 MH068123), Intercampus Research Initiative in Biotechnology of the University of Illinois, Carle Clinic, and the Beckman Institute. We thank Joseph Barkmeier, Tracey Wszalek, Holly Tracey, and Elizabeth Wenzel for their contributions to this project.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - Schizotypal personality is characterized by a variety of traits, such as magical thinking, unusual perceptual experiences, and anhedonia. Factor analytic studies have shown that these characteristics tend to cluster into at least two separate dimensions (positive and negative schizotypy). Schizotypy is associated with vulnerability to schizophrenia. However, it is also related to higher scores on measures of creativity and increased right-hemisphere brain activity, In a series of recent studies investigating the behavioral, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging correlates of positive and negative schizotypy, positive schizotypy was associated with better performance on measures of creativity, enhanced responsivity to threatening emotional stimuli, and more right-prefrontal cortical activity. These results support earlier psychological studies suggesting that positive schizotypy is related to patterns of cognitive and emotional function (e.g., divergent thinking, heightened emotion) that are common to both creativity and psychopathology.
AB - Schizotypal personality is characterized by a variety of traits, such as magical thinking, unusual perceptual experiences, and anhedonia. Factor analytic studies have shown that these characteristics tend to cluster into at least two separate dimensions (positive and negative schizotypy). Schizotypy is associated with vulnerability to schizophrenia. However, it is also related to higher scores on measures of creativity and increased right-hemisphere brain activity, In a series of recent studies investigating the behavioral, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging correlates of positive and negative schizotypy, positive schizotypy was associated with better performance on measures of creativity, enhanced responsivity to threatening emotional stimuli, and more right-prefrontal cortical activity. These results support earlier psychological studies suggesting that positive schizotypy is related to patterns of cognitive and emotional function (e.g., divergent thinking, heightened emotion) that are common to both creativity and psychopathology.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2003.09.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2003.09.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1242322149
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 38
SP - 24
EP - 31
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 1
ER -