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Luca Tarasi1, Domenico Romanazzi2, Anna Pasini2
1Centro studi e ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Dipartimento di Psicologia "Renzo Canestrari", Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy. luca.tarasi2@unibo.it.
Reduced Individual Alpha Frequency (IAF), a marker in schizophrenia, is linked to magical thinking in schizotypy. This suggests IAF may bridge clinical and subclinical conditions across the schizophrenia spectrum.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Schizophrenia and schizotypy exist on a continuum of neurophysiological and cognitive traits.
- Neural markers connecting clinical and subclinical manifestations are underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the neural markers bridging schizophrenia and schizotypy.
- To explore the relevance of Individual Alpha Frequency (IAF) in subclinical populations.
Main Methods:
- The study included 318 participants.
- Individual Alpha Frequency (IAF) was measured.
- Magical thinking traits associated with schizotypy were assessed.
Main Results:
- Reduced IAF, a known marker in schizophrenia, was found to be associated with magical thinking in schizotypy.
- This indicates a link between IAF and delusion-like thinking in subclinical populations.
Conclusions:
- Individual Alpha Frequency (IAF) is relevant to subclinical schizotypy.
- IAF may serve as a transdiagnostic neural indicator across the schizophrenia spectrum.
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