?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Dimensional+approaches+to+experimental+psychopathology+of+schizophrenia%3A+shift+learning+and+report+of+psychotic-like+experiences+in+college+students%0A&rft.creator=Tsakanikos%2C+Elias&rft.creator=Reed%2C+Phil&rft.subject=Neuropsychiatry&rft.description=Adopting+a+dimensional+approach+to+experimental+psychopathology%2C+and+taking+into+account+inconsistencies+in+the+previous+literature%2C+we+examined+whether+reports+of+psychotic-like+experiences+in+undergraduate+students+were+associated+with+shift-learning+deficits%2C+akin+to+those+seen+in+schizophrenia.+The+participants+(N%3D72)+were+tested+on+a+new+compound+stimulus+discrimination+task+(CSDT)+before+and+after+a+target+shift%2C+and+were+administered+a+multi-dimensional+schizotypy+inventory+(O-LIFE).++Performance+impairment+following+a+target+shift+was+associated+with+the+negative+(Introvertive+Anhedonia)+and+the+impulsive+(Impulsive+Non-conformity)+dimension+of+schizotypy%2C+but+not+with+the+positive+(Unusual+Experiences)%2C+nor+the+disorganised+(Cognitive+Disorganisation)+dimension.+None+of+the+schizotypy+measures+were+associated+with+performance+on+discrimination+learning+before+the+target+shift.++The+obtained+results+are+in+line+with+past+evidence+that+shift+learning+is+associated+with+the+severity+of+the+negative+symptomatology+of+schizophrenia.+The+possibility+that+psychotic-like+features+may+contribute+differentially+to+performance+deficits+across+successive+stages+of+learning+is+considered.+++&rft.date=2005-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4591%2F1%2FTsakanikos_%2526_Reed_2005_JBTEP.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tsakanikos%2C+Elias+and+Reed%2C+Phil++(2005)+Dimensional+approaches+to+experimental+psychopathology+of+schizophrenia%3A+shift+learning+and+report+of+psychotic-like+experiences+in+college+students.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4591%2F