In this study, we tested the online comprehension of antonyms in 39 Italian patients with paranoid schizophrenia and in an equal number of pairwise-matched healthy controls. Patients were rather accurate in identifying antonyms, but compared to controls, they showed longer response times and higher priming scores, suggesting an exaggerated contextual facilitation. Presumably, this reflects a deficient controlled semantic processing and an overreliance on stored semantic representations.

Is black always the opposite of white? The comprehension of antonyms in schizophrenia and in healthy participants / Cacciari, Cristina; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Gamberoni, Tania; Ferlazzo, Fabio. - ELETTRONICO. - 1347:(2015), pp. 166-171. (Intervento presentato al convegno NetWordS Final Conference on Word Knowledge and Word Usage: Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon tenutosi a Pisa nel 30 marzo - 1 aprile).

Is black always the opposite of white? The comprehension of antonyms in schizophrenia and in healthy participants

CACCIARI, Cristina;PESCIARELLI, Francesca;
2015

Abstract

In this study, we tested the online comprehension of antonyms in 39 Italian patients with paranoid schizophrenia and in an equal number of pairwise-matched healthy controls. Patients were rather accurate in identifying antonyms, but compared to controls, they showed longer response times and higher priming scores, suggesting an exaggerated contextual facilitation. Presumably, this reflects a deficient controlled semantic processing and an overreliance on stored semantic representations.
2015
NetWordS Final Conference on Word Knowledge and Word Usage: Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon
Pisa
30 marzo - 1 aprile
1347
166
171
Cacciari, Cristina; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Gamberoni, Tania; Ferlazzo, Fabio
Is black always the opposite of white? The comprehension of antonyms in schizophrenia and in healthy participants / Cacciari, Cristina; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Gamberoni, Tania; Ferlazzo, Fabio. - ELETTRONICO. - 1347:(2015), pp. 166-171. (Intervento presentato al convegno NetWordS Final Conference on Word Knowledge and Word Usage: Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon tenutosi a Pisa nel 30 marzo - 1 aprile).
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