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Research article summary:
Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.
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Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003
in Journal: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci
(Language : eng)
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1. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci.
2003 ;15(2):168-74
Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.
Mohr C, Bracha HS, Brugger P
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. christine.mohr@hcuge.ch
Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of thinking reminiscent of the positive symptoms of psychosis. In a non-treatment-seeking sample of healthy volunteers (20 women and 16 men), the authors assessed the lateral biases in turning and veering behavior and in line bisection as a function of their magical ideation, that is, a mild form of schizotypy. Across tasks, pronounced magical ideation was associated with reduced right-sided orientation preferences. This finding suggests a relative hyperdopaminergia of the right hemisphere as the biological basis of magical ideation.
PMID : 12724457 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Christine | Mohr | C |
| H Stefan | Bracha | HS |
| Peter | Brugger | P |
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. christine.mohr@hcuge.ch
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- Attention
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Humans
- Magic - psychology
- Male
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Orientation - physiology
- Psychometrics
- Psychomotor Performance - physiology
- Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis, psychology
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- Schizotypal Personality Disorder - diagnosis, psychology
- Spatial Behavior - physiology
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