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An online version of the Mooney Face Test: phenotypic and genetic associations

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:47 authored by Roeland J Verhallen, Jenny BostenJenny Bosten, Patrick T Goodbourn, Gary Bargary, Adam J Lawrance-Owen, J D Mollon
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 (?=.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=9.68×10(-8)). This association survives a permutation test (p=.031).

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Neuropsychologia

ISSN

1873-3514

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

63

Page range

19-25

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-01-28

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-01-28

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