Research Article

Abnormal N400 Semantic Priming Effect May Reflect Psychopathological Processes in Schizophrenia: A Twin Study

Table 3

Behavioral and EEG measures: mean values (standard deviation).

MeasureConcordant affectedDiscordant affectedDiscordant unaffectedConcordant healthy

Number of correct responses
Nonrelated34.6 (1.3)35.2 (1.4)35.1 (1.0)35.1 (1.5)
Indirectly related34.6 (2.2)35.6 (0.7)35.7 (0.5)35.6 (1.2)
Directly related34.8 (1.9)35.8 (0.4)35.6 (0.7)35.8 (0.7)
Reaction time priming effect (ms)
Directly related122.0 (81.3)124.0 (69.4)126.6 (75.0)120.9 (42.3)
Indirectly related84.3 (49.7)59.5 (42.2)52.5 (49.7)68.1 (42.4)
N400 amplitudes (μV)
Nonrelated4.1 (3.9)5.1 (6.9)2.4 (6.2)2.1 (7.3)
Indirectly related4.9 (5.2)4.6 (6.6)2.7 (5.8)3.4 (5.4)
Directly related4.3 (3.2)7.1 (6.4)6.2 (6.2)6.3 (5.9)
N400 priming effect (μV)
Directly related−0.2 (2.8)−2.1 (3.8)−3.7 (3.5)−4.3 (3.1)
Indirectly related−0.7 (2.6)0.4 (2.7)−0.3 (1.2)−1.3 (3.5)