?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Less+words%2C+more+words%3A+psychometric+schizotypy+and+verbal+fluency%0A&rft.creator=Tsakanikos%2C+Dr+Elias&rft.creator=Claridge%2C+Professor+Gordon&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychiatry&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Positive+and+negative+symptoms+of+schizophrenia+have+been+differentially+associated+with+irregularities+in+verbal+production%2C+suggesting+the+involvement+of+different+underlying+mechanisms+in+psychotic+symptomatology.+In+view+of+that%2C+the+present+investigation+examined+whether+the+amount+of+verbal+production+would+be+also+differentially+associated+with+negative+and+positive+symptoms+of+psychometric+schizotypy+in+a+sample+of+college+students+(N%3D190).++The+participants+were+tested+on+a+typical+verbal+fluency+test+and+completed+the+O-LIFE+schizotypy+scales.++The+analyses+revealed+that+decreased+verbal+fluency+was+associated+with+increased+levels+of+negative+schizotypy+in+participants+who+scored+one+standard+deviation+above+the+mean+on+the+%E2%80%98Introvertive+Anhedonia%E2%80%99+scale.++In+contrast%2C+increased+verbal+fluency+was+associated+with+increased+levels+of+positive+schizotypy+in+participants+who+scored+one+standard+deviation+above+the+mean+on+the+%E2%80%98Unusual+Experiences%E2%80%99+scale.++The+obtained+results+are+discussed+in+terms+of+the+proposal+that+psychotic-like+unusual+experiences%2C+like+hallucinations%2C+may+be+the+product+of+a+higher+automatic+spreading+activation+among+stored+lexical+units%2C+a+mechanism+which+seems+to+account+for+the+previously+reported+link+between+positive+schizotypy+and+creativity.++&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3817%2F1%2Fverbal_fluency.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tsakanikos%2C+Dr+Elias+and+Claridge%2C+Professor+Gordon++(2004)+Less+words%2C+more+words%3A+psychometric+schizotypy+and+verbal+fluency.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3817%2F