Semantic ambiguity resolution in positive schizotypy: A right hemisphere interpretation

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-138

  Grimshaw, Gina M ^a   Bryson, Frances M ^a   Atchley, Ruth Ann ^b   Humphrey, Megan K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Right hemisphere; Schizotypy; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949404069     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016793     Document Type: Article

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