Decoding emotion of the other differs among schizophrenia patients and schizoaffective patients: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: The deficit in ability to attribute mental states such as thoughts, beliefs, and intentions of another person is a key component in the functional impairment of social cognition in schizophrenia. In the current study, we compared the ability of persons with first episode schizophrenia (FE-SZ) and individuals with schizophrenia displaying symptomatic remission (SZ-CR) to decode the mental state of others with healthy individuals and schizoaffective patients. In addition, we analyzed the effect of dopamine-related genes polymorphism on the ability to decode the mental state of another, and searched for different genetic signatures. Our results show that overall, individuals with schizophrenia performed worse in the "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" (eyes) test, a simple well-defined task to inf

SUBMITTER: Tadmor H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5514298 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature