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Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.
Journal article

Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.

  • 2003-05-02
Published in:
  • The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences. - 2003
Adult
Attention
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Magic
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Orientation
Psychometrics
Psychomotor Performance
Psychotic Disorders
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Spatial Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
English Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of thinking reminiscent of the positive symptoms of psychosis. In a non-treatment-seeking sample of healthy volunteers (20 women and 16 men), the authors assessed the lateral biases in turning and veering behavior and in line bisection as a function of their magical ideation, that is, a mild form of schizotypy. Across tasks, pronounced magical ideation was associated with reduced right-sided orientation preferences. This finding suggests a relative hyperdopaminergia of the right hemisphere as the biological basis of magical ideation.
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