Clinical Study

High Order Linguistic Features Such as Ambiguity Processing as Relevant Diagnostic Markers for Schizophrenia

Table 1

Statistics of HOLF, CLANG, and PANSS by subsample (patients ; controls ).

ScaleSampleMeanSDMedianMean rankRank sumMann-W  U Alpha

HOLFPatients68.513.672.521.586039.5−7.4<0.0010.963
Controls82.30.882.559.52380
CLANGPatients0.40.40.257.52300120−7.3<0.0010.893
Controls0.00.0023.5940
PANSSPatients1.50.41.4
Controls1.00.01
HOLF subscales
 AntonymsPatients17.93.71930.41215395−5.0<0.0010.924
Controls19.90.22050.62025
 HomonymsPatients13.94.11422.389171−7.1<0.0010.878
Controls19.40.82058.72349
 SynonymsPatients17.03.11823.5941121−7.1<0.0010.845
Controls19.90.32057.52299
 HyperonymsPatients17.04.51928.11124304−5.6<0.0010.934
Controls19.90.22052.92116
 AdagesPatients2.80.7338.51540720−2.00.0420.898
Controls3.00.0342.51700
 DistractorsPatients10.25.61329.81192372−4.4<0.0010.962
Controls14.70.51551.22048