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Exploring the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Reappraisal in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Using Task-based Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Assessing the construct validity of aberrant salience.

Kristin Schmidt1, Jonathan P Roiser

  • 1Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London London, UK.

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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The Salience Attribution Test (SAT) measures aberrant salience, linked to psychotic symptoms. This study validates SAT, finding distinct cognitive processes underlying different salience measures in healthy individuals.

Keywords:
aberrant salienceattentionconstruct validityfactor analysislearned irrelevanceprobabilistic reward learningschizotypy

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychopathology Research

Background:

  • Aberrant salience is hypothesized to underlie positive psychotic symptoms.
  • The Salience Attribution Test (SAT) was developed to measure these processes.
  • Understanding construct validity requires examining related cognitive factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate the psychometric properties of the Salience Attribution Test (SAT).
  • To explore the construct validity of salience attribution measures derived from the SAT.
  • To differentiate salience attribution processes from other cognitive functions.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty healthy participants completed schizotypy scales, the SAT, a latent inhibition/learned irrelevance (LIrr) task, and cognitive tasks.
  • Behavioral measures were analyzed using principal components analysis.
  • Correlations between schizotypy, SAT measures, and cognitive tasks were examined.

Main Results:

  • A five-factor structure explained 75% of behavioral variance.
  • Implicit aberrant salience formed its own factor, associated with "Introvertive Anhedonia" schizotypy.
  • Latent inhibition/learned irrelevance (LIrr) and implicit adaptive salience loaded together on a separate factor, distinct from schizotypy and other salience measures.

Conclusions:

  • The SAT's measures of implicit aberrant salience are psychometrically distinct.
  • Latent inhibition/learned irrelevance (LIrr) and implicit adaptive salience may share underlying processes.
  • These findings aid in understanding the cognitive underpinnings of psychosis and related traits.