• Seeing minds – a signal detection study of agency attribution along the autism-psychosis continuum 

      Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Biegler, Robert; Ebad Fardzadeh, Haghish; Veckenstedt, Ruth; Moritz, Steffen; Pfuhl, Gerit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-17)
      Introduction - Diametrically aberrant mentalising biases, namely hypermentalising in psychosis and hypomentalising in autism, are postulated by some theoretical models. To test this hypothesis, we measured psychotic-like experiences, autistic traits and mentalising biases in a visual chasing paradigm.<p> <p>Methods - Participants from the general population (N = 300) and psychotic patients (N=26) ...
    • Sweet spot in music—Is predictability preferred among persons with psychotic-like experiences or autistic traits? 

      Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Biegler, Robert (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-29)
      People prefer music with an intermediate level of predictability; not so predictable as to be boring, yet not so unpredictable that it ceases to be music. This sweet spot for predictability varies due to differences in the perception of predictability. The symptoms of both psychosis and Autism Spectrum Disorder have been attributed to overestimation of uncertainty, which predicts a preference ...