Decoupling of spontaneous facial mimicry from emotion recognition in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Past research indicates that spontaneous mimicry facilitates the decoding of others' emotions, leading to enhanced social perception and interpersonal rapport. Individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) show consistent deficits in emotion recognition and expression associated with poor social functioning. Given the prominence of blunted affect in schizophrenia, it is possible that spontaneous facial mimicry may also be impaired. However, studies assessing automatic facial mimicry in schizophrenia have yielded mixed results. It is therefore unknown whether emotion recognition deficits and impaired automatic facial mimicry are related in schizophrenia. SZ and demographically matched controls (CO) participated in a dynamic emotion recognition task. Electromyographic activity in muscles responsible f

SUBMITTER: Torregrossa LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080256 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature