Relationship between theta/beta ratio and mind wandering in schizotypy

Qin Zhang; Lu-Xia Jia; Ji-Fang Cui; Jun-Yan Ye; Jia-Li Liu; Wen-Hao Lai; Hai-Song Shi; Tian-Xiao Yang; Ya Wang; Raymond C K Chan

doi:10.1002/pchj.711

Relationship between theta/beta ratio and mind wandering in schizotypy

Psych J. 2024 Apr;13(2):335-339. doi: 10.1002/pchj.711. Epub 2023 Dec 17.

Authors

Qin Zhang^{1

2

3}, Lu-Xia Jia^{1

2

4}, Ji-Fang Cui⁵, Jun-Yan Ye^{1

2}, Jia-Li Liu^{1

2}, Wen-Hao Lai^{1

2}, Hai-Song Shi⁶, Tian-Xiao Yang^{1

2}, Ya Wang^{1

2

7}, Raymond C K Chan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.
² Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁴ School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Research Center for Information and Statistics, National Institute of Education Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁶ North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
⁷ School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Negative association was found between the frontal theta/beta ratio and mind wandering in participants with high schizotypal traits, while no such association was found in participants with low schizotypal traits. These findings provide insights into the neural mechanism of mind wandering in individuals with high schizotypal traits.

Keywords: attention; mind wandering; resting‐state electroencephalogram (EEG); schizotypal traits; theta/beta ratio.

MeSH terms

Attention*
Humans
Schizotypal Personality Disorder*

Grants and funding

32071062/National Natural Science Foundation of China