?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Perceptual+biases+and+positive+schizotypy%3A+The+role+of+perceptual+load&rft.creator=Tsakanikos%2C+Elias&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=The+study+investigated+the+e%EF%AC%80ects+of+perceptual+load+on+the+bias+to+report+seeing+non-existing+events%E2%80%94a+bias+associated+with+positive+symptoms+of+schizophrenia+and+positive+schizotypal+symptoms.+Undergraduate+students+completed+psychometric+measures+of+schizotypy+and+were+asked+to+detect+fast+moving+words+among+non-words+under+di%EF%AC%80erent+levels+of+perceptual+load.+Perceptual+load+was+manipulated+through+stimulus+motion.+Overall%2C+the+results+showed+that+the+higher+the+perceptual+load%2C+the+stronger+the+bias+to+report+seeing+words+in+non-word+trials.+However%2C+the+observed+bias+was+associated+with+positive+schizotypy+(Unusual+Experiences)+only+when+visual+detection+was+performed+under+conditions+of+medium+perceptual+load.+%0D%0ANo+schizotypy+measure+was+associated+with+accuracy.+The+results+suggest+that%2C+although+some+amount+of+perceptual+ambiguity+seems+to+be+necessary+for+schizotypal+bias+generation%2C+an+increase+in+the+perceptual+load+can+inhibit+this+process+possibly+by+preventing+perception+of+task-irrelevant+internal+events%2C+such+as+loose+word+associations.+%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6270%2F1%2FTsakanikos_Perceptual_biases_%2526_schizotypy_PAID_2006b.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tsakanikos%2C+Elias++(2006)+Perceptual+biases+and+positive+schizotypy%3A+The+role+of+perceptual+load.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6270%2F