title: [Effects of increasing cognitive load on sustained attention tasks in schizophrenic disorders and schizotypy].
abstract: In this study we analyze the attentional performance using different cognitive load attentional tasks: low-load cognition (0-CPT) and high-load cognition (DS-CPT). Participants were a group of schizophrenic patients and two groups of normal population psychometrically classified as low schizotypy and high schizotypy according to the SPQ. Our results show that schizophrenic patients were more sensitive to increments on cognitive load, being their attentional performace worse than the rest of the groups. The lack of significant findings in vigilance on the schizotypal traits group is discussed in terms of conceptual and methodological issues about the utility of psychometric strategies to identify vulnerable populations within the spectrum of the schizophrenic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. cvazquez@psi.ucm.es
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieto-Moreno
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cerviño
authors.forename: Filiberto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fuentenebro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires