Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7320794 | Neuropsychologia | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The Mooney Face Test is a widely used test of face perception, but was originally designed to be administered by personal interview. We have developed a three-alternative forced-choice version for online testing. We tested 397 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 42 (M=24 years). There was a wide range of performance (64-100% correct; M=89.6%). We observed a significant sex difference favoring males (.31 standard deviation; p =.004). In addition, independently of sex, higher 2D:4D digit ratios were significantly associated with higher scores (Ï=.14, p=.006). A genome-wide association study (GWAS) for a subset of 370 participants identified an association between Mooney performance and a polymorphism in the RAPGEF5 gene (rs1522280; p=9.68Ã10â8). This association survives a permutation test (p=.031).
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Authors
Roeland J. Verhallen, Jenny M. Bosten, Patrick T. Goodbourn, Gary Bargary, Adam J. Lawrance-Owen, J.D. Mollon,