Metacognitive Processes In Psychometrically Defined Schizotypy

Keywords

Error monitoring; Error-related negativity; Metacognitive beliefs; Psychosis; Schizotypy

Abstract

Metacognitive abnormalities have been implicated in the experience of psychotic symptoms; however, the process through which this occurs remains unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the association of self-reported schizotypy with metacognitive beliefs and neural activity related to higher-order cognition. Event-related potentials (ERPs) including the error-related negativity (ERN) and error positivity (Pe) were recorded during a Flanker task in 20 controls and 22 individuals with high self-reported schizotypy on the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief Revised (SPQ-BR). Participants continuously evaluated their task performance and completed the Metacognitions Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30). The high schizotypy group demonstrated higher scores on all subscales of the MCQ-30. In contrast, task performance, accuracy of self-performance evaluation, and amplitudes of the ERN and Pe did not differ between groups. The MCQ-30 factors that measure cognitive confidence and positive beliefs about worry significantly predicted SPQ-BR total score, whereas ERPs did not. High self-reported schizotypy appears to be more associated with dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs than physiological abnormalities in brain areas related to metacognition.

Publication Date

12-15-2015

Publication Title

Psychiatry Research

Volume

230

Issue

2

Number of Pages

279-286

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.09.006

Socpus ID

84941687379 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84941687379

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