title: [The language disorders in schizophrenia in neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives].
abstract: The descriptive psychopathology has classically equated the language with the formal aspects of thought. Recent developments in experimental and clinical research have emphasized the study of the language as a specific communicative ability. Within the framework of cognitive neuropsychology, the development of innovative research models, such as those based on the mentalizing ability, has allowed to formulate new hypotheses on the pathogenetic aspects of schizophrenia. Furthermore, mentalizing ability appears to be a basic skill for the pragmatic dimension of language. The author, after a brief description of the methods of investigation of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics, presents a review of recent studies obtained by consulting the PubMed and PsycINFO databases. Finally, he focuses on the relationship between research findings and issues related to clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Interaziendale di Salute Mentale, Padova. cristiano.piovan@sanita.padova.it
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piovan
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D007807:Language Tests; D020557:Neurolinguistic Programming; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*