Schizophrenia and Category-Selectivity in the Brain: Normal for Faces but Abnormal for Houses.

ABSTRACT: Face processing is regularly found to be impaired in schizophrenia (SZ), thus suggesting that social malfunctioning might be caused by dysfunctional face processing. Most studies focused on emotional face processes, whereas non-emotional face processing received less attention. While current reports on abnormal face processing in SZ are mixed, examinations of non-emotional face processing compared to adequate control stimuli may clarify whether SZ is characterized by a face-processing deficit. Patients with SZ (n = 28) and healthy controls (n = 30) engaged in an fMRI scan where images of non-emotional faces and houses were presented. A simple inverted-picture detection task warranted the participants' attention. Region of interest (ROI) analyses were conducted on face-sensitive regions inc

SUBMITTER: Kronbichler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829027 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature