Social cognition and face processing in schizophrenia.
Summary Studies of face processing have begun to elucidate the brain regions involved in social cognition, which include frontal and temporal regions known to be reduced in volume in schizophrenia. In this case-control study participants with schizophrenia (n=20) showed marked deficits in their ability to interpret social cues from faces, and those experiencing positive symptoms were impaired in recognising even basic facial emotions.
Psychiatry Department, Lynebank Hospital, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, Fife, UK.
Jeremy
J
Hall
Jonathan M
JM
Harris
Reiner
R
Sprengelmeyer
Anke
A
Sprengelmeyer
Andrew W
AW
Young
Isabel M
IM
Santos
Eve C
EC
Johnstone
Stephen M
SM
Lawrie
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D004644:Emotions; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology