Socially Learned Attitude Change is not reduced in Medicated Patients with Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Schizophrenia is often associated with distinctive or odd social behaviours. Previous work suggests this could be due to a general reduction in conformity; however, this work only assessed the tendency to publicly agree with others, which may involve a number of different mechanisms. In this study, we specifically investigated whether patients display a reduced tendency to adopt other people's opinions (socially learned attitude change). We administered a computerized conformity task, assumed to rely on reinforcement learning circuits, to 32 patients with schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder and 39 matched controls. Each participant rated 153 faces for trustworthiness. After each rating, they were immediately shown the opinion of a group. After approximately 1 hour, participants were

SUBMITTER: Simonsen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353936 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature