Concern is building about high rates of schizophrenia in large cities, and among immigrants,
cannabis users, and traumatized individuals, some of which likely reflects the causal …

This review summarizes our current understanding of catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT)
and how it relates to brain function and schizophrenia. We begin by considering the COMT …

This study examined the hypothesis that developmental expression of psychometric risk in
the form of subclinical psychotic experiences in the general population is usually transitory …

The antisaccade task is a measure of volitional control of behavior sensitive to fronto‐striatal
dysfunction. Here we outline important issues concerning antisaccade methodology …

Schizotypal personality research holds the promise of critically important insights into the
etiology and ultimate prevention of schizophrenia. This article provides a critical overview of …

This compelling book argues that all people with schizophrenia share a personality
organization known as schizotypy. Presented is a novel framework for understanding …

The idea that some phenotypes bear a closer relationship to the biological processes that
give rise to psychiatric illness than diagnostic categories has attracted considerable interest …

BACKGROUND: Cognitive endophenotypes may further our understanding of the genetic
basis of psychiatric disorders, and the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is a …

The important contribution of genetic factors to the development of cognition and intelligence
is widely acknowledged, but identification of these genes has proven to be difficult. Given a …

BackgroundIt has been suggested that some psychotic symptoms reflect 'aberrant salience',
related to dysfunctional reward learning. To test this hypothesis we investigated whether …