Pharmacological enhancement of dopamine neurotransmission does not affect illusory pattern perception
Smith, E.; Michalski, S.; Knauth, K.; Tuzsus, D.; Theis, H.; van Eimeren, T.; Peters, J.
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Psychotic symptoms and delusional belief have been linked to dopamine transmission in both healthy and clinical samples and are assumed to result at least in part from perceiving illusory patterns in noise. However, the existing literature on the role of dopamine in detecting patterns in noise is inconclusive. To address this issue, we assessed the effect of manipulating dopaminergic neurotransmission on illusory pattern perception in healthy individuals (n = 48, n = 19 female) in a double-blind placebo-controlled within-subjects design (see preregistration at https://osf.io/a4k9j/). We predicted individuals on vs. off L-DOPA to be more likely to perceive illusory patterns, specifically objects in images containing only noise. Using a signal detection model, however, we found no credible evidence that L-DOPA compared to placebo increased false alarm rates. Further, L-DOPA did not modulate measures of accuracy, discrimination sensitivity and response bias. In all cases, Bayesian statistics revealed strong evidence in favour of the null hypothesis Future studies should address possible dose-dependent effects and differential effects in healthy vs. clinical samples.
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