?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Visuo-spatial+processing+and+dimensions+of+schizotypy%3A+figure-ground+segregation+as+a+function+of+psychotic-like+features&rft.creator=Tsakanikos%2C+Elias&rft.creator=Phil%2C+Reed&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=The+aim+of+the+reported+study+was+to+determine+whether+the+ability+to+segregate+a+simple+figure+embedded+in+a+complex+visual+ground%2C+was+associated+with+psychotic-like+features+in+a+sample+of+undergraduate+students.+The+participants+(N+%3D100)+were+tested+on+the+Hidden+Figures+Test%2C+as+well+as+the+Raven%E2%80%99s+Progressive+Matrices%2C+and+completed+a+multi-dimensional+schizotypy+inventory+(O%E2%80%93LIFE).+The+IQ+scores+were+positively+related+to+the+number+of+correct+responses+on+the+Hidden+Figures+Test%2C+but+were+unrelated+to+any+of+the+schizotypy+measures.++Impaired+Performance+on+the+Hidden+Figures+Test+was+associated+with+negative+schizotypy+(%E2%80%98Introvertive+Anhedonia%E2%80%99)%2C+and+enhanced+performance+was+associated+with+the+%E2%80%98Impulsive+Non-Conformity%E2%80%99+scale.++Performance+on+the+Hidden+Figures+Test+was+independent+of+the+positive+(%E2%80%98Unusual+Experiences%E2%80%99)%2C+and+the+disorganized+(%E2%80%98Cognitive+Disorganization%E2%80%99)%2C+schizotypy.+The+results+are+discussed+in+terms+of+a+putative+involvement+of+the+frontal+lobes+in+the+negative+symptomatology+of+schizophrenia%2C+and+in+top-down+(goal-driven)+perceptual+processing%2C+as+well+as+the+possible+compensatory+functional+aspect+of+impulsivity+in+terms+of+allocating+attention.++&rft.publisher=Elselvier&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3901%2F1%2FTsakanikos_%2526_Reed__2003b.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tsakanikos%2C+Elias+and+Phil%2C+Reed++(2003)+Visuo-spatial+processing+and+dimensions+of+schizotypy%3A+figure-ground+segregation+as+a+function+of+psychotic-like+features.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3901%2F