title: Schizotypy and impaired basic face recognition? Another non-confirmatory study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although schizotypy has been found to be reliably associated with a reduced recognition of facial affect, the few studies that have tested the association between basic face recognition abilities and schizotypy have found mixed results. This study formally tested the association in a large non-clinical sample with established neurological measures of face recognition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and twenty-seven participants completed the Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences schizotypy scale and completed the Famous Faces Test and the Cardiff Repeated Recognition Test for Faces.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No association between any schizotypal dimension and performance on either of the facial recognition and learning tests was found. The null results can be accepted with a high degree of confidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further additional evidence is provided for a lack of association between schizotypy and basic face recognition deficits.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Vaughan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Halligan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: affect; face recognition; psychosis; schizophrenia; schizotypy