UNASSIGNED: Speed of processing is impaired in @entity161 but intact in schizotypal college students. In view of this disparity, we investigated whether deficient processing speed was associated with schizotypy in adults from the general community. Data were drawn from the Western Australian Family Study of @entity161 , including 216 (non-clinical) adults from the general community, and a reference group with @entity161 spectrum disorder (N=224). Schizotypal traits were assessed with the @entity20546 Questionnaire, whilst processing speed was assessed with a digit-symbol coding task. Community controls had significantly higher digit symbol coding scores than @entity1 with @entity716 . However, both correlational and hierarchical regression analysis indicated a lack of association between Cognitive-perceptual, Interpersonal or Disorganized schizotypy traits and digit symbol coding performance. Relative to Australian norms there was also no evidence of a non-linear decline in coding in high schizotypes in young, mature or senior age groups. The results show that speed of information processing is unimpaired in high schizotypes from the general community. The possibility that intact processing speed in at-risk groups confers protection to @entity716 onset is discussed. Assessing the trajectory of processing speed throughout development may provide a useful clinical screening tool to distinguish those at heightened risk of developing @entity716 .

Intact speed of processing in a community-based sample of adults with high schizotypy: A marker of reduced XXXX risk?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity20546 :: ('MESH:D012569', 'Disease') :: ['Schizotypal Personality'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia', 'Schizophrenia'] @entity716 :: ('MESH:D011605', 'Disease') :: ['psychosis']
@entity716 :: (MESH:D011605,Disease) :: ['psychosis']
