Amusia and protolanguage impairments in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both language and music are thought to have evolved from a musical protolanguage that communicated social information, including emotion. Individuals with perceptual music disorders (amusia) show deficits in auditory emotion recognition (AER). Although auditory perceptual deficits have been studied in schizophrenia, their relationship with musical/protolinguistic competence has not previously been assessed.

Method

Musical ability was assessed in 31 schizophrenia/schizo-affective patients and 44 healthy controls using the Montreal Battery for Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA). AER was assessed using a novel battery in which actors provided portrayals of five separate emotions. The Disorganization factor of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used as a pr

SUBMITTER: Kantrowitz JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373691 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature