Mental rotation and schizotypal personality traits
A Bayesian approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ángel García‐pérez (0000-0003-2862-2584, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain), Antonio González‐Rodríguez (0000-0002-6196-7288, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain), Marta Godoy‐Giménez (0000-0002-2298-0113, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain), Pablo Sayans‐Jiménez (0000-0001-6681-5729, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain), Fernando Cañadas (0000-0001-7689-0132, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain), Angeles F Estévez (0000-0003-0067-0840, Department of Psychology University of Almería Almería Spain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 113-122 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12874 |
| PMID | 36169211 |
| OpenAlex | W4297489932 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 68 |
People diagnosed with schizophrenia exhibit mental rotation differences, suggesting that clinical levels of positive symptoms, such as psychotic hallucinations, are related to disruptions in their monitoring and manipulation of mental representations. According to the psychosis continuum, findings in people with a high level of schizotypal personality traits are expected to be qualitatively similar, but research concerning this topic is scarce. A spared mental imagery manipulation in this population only could suggest that this ability might be a possible protective factor, or that the emergence of clinical‐level positive symptoms could be paired with disruptions in this capacity. To explore this issue, 205 undergraduate students (122 women) completed a novel mental rotation task identifying the stimulus that was a 90, 180, or 270° rotation of a black circle with colored portions and were assessed with the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. Men performed better in most conditions. No relationship was detected between schizotypal personality traits and accuracy in the task. These results do not support that mental imagery manipulation disruptions may be related to schizotypal personality traits in non‐clinical populations. Thus, they might instead be associated with the onset of psychosis disorders as mental representation handling is hindered. However, additional research is required including the general population, as well as those with higher levels of psychotic symptoms and psychosis disorders. Future research could also focus on working memory processes related to mental representation manipulations of different sensory modalities such as auditory mental representations and their relationship with schizotypal personality traits and clinical populations
Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Mental Rotation · Personality · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Schizotypal personality disorder · Schizotypy · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |