The effect of familial sinistrality on the relation between schizophrenialike thinking and pseudoneglect

Kalaycioglu C., Nalcaci E., Budanur O., Genc Y., ÇİÇEK M.

BRAIN AND COGNITION, cilt.44, sa.3, ss.564-576, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1006/brcg.2000.1217
  • Dergi Adı: BRAIN AND COGNITION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.564-576
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: schizotypy, familial sinistrality, magical ideation, hemispatial inattention, pseudoneglect, working memory, sex differences, RIGHT HEMISPATIAL INATTENTION, TACTILE LINE-BISECTION, SPATIAL WORKING-MEMORY, MAGICAL IDEATION, SEX DIFFERENCE, RIGHT-HANDERS, ASYMMETRY, HANDEDNESS, ABILITY, ATTENTION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We have recently reported a correlation between schizophrenialike symptoms and the degree of pseudoneglect in healthy right-handers. We aimed to investigate the effect of familial sinistrality (FS) on this relation. Seventy six healthy right-handers were divided into four groups on the basis of gender and FS. A computerized version of Corsi's task was used as the visuospatial task. Subjects filled in the Magical Ideation Scale (MI), which asked for delusionlike beliefs, and performed the Corsi's task using each hand. Performance of both hemispaces was separately evaluated. In all groups, performance of the left hemispace was better than that of the right hemispace and FS+ subjects performed better than FS- subjects. When the right hand was used, performance was correlated to MI scores only for FS- groups. Findings suggest that the correlation between right-sided neglect and proneness to schizotypy in normal right-handers is affected by FS. (C) 2000 Academic Press.