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The Interplay Of Personal Traits And Autobiographical Memory, Tracy Grogan
The Interplay Of Personal Traits And Autobiographical Memory, Tracy Grogan
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Autobiographical Memory And Theory Of Mind In Schizotypy, Andrew Deptula
Autobiographical Memory And Theory Of Mind In Schizotypy, Andrew Deptula
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Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit marked impairments on tasks assessing theory of mind (ToM) and autobiographical memory (AM) qualities, and preliminary research has indicated a positive link between these abilities. This study is the first to systematically explore this relationship in the related personality trait of schizotypy. In a study of 47 undergraduate students (23 males) reporting a wide continuous range of schizotypy, we found that females, but not males, exhibited a negative correlation between ToM and schizotypy, and an unexpected positive correlation between AM qualities and schizotypy. Factor score analysis within females indicated that disorganized schizotypy was the strongest correlate …