OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of negative priming and schizotypal personality using a Stroop-version of the paradigm. METHODS: Negative priming was determined for 160 healthy participants. Schizotypal symptoms were assessed with several schizotypal scales. RESULTS: No significant relationship emerged between any of the schizotypal scales and negative priming. CONCLUSIONS: It is inferred that negative priming is undisturbed in schizophrenia and schizotypy when unmasked negative priming tasks are employed. Reduced negative priming in previous studies may represent an epi-phenomenon of short prime presentation times and backward masking.
