Preserved intention understanding during moral judgments in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although there is convincing evidence for socio-cognitive impairments in schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD), little evidence is found for deficient moral cognition. We investigated whether patients with SSD showed altered moral judgments in a story task where the protagonist either had a neutral or malicious intention towards another person. This paradigm examined whether SSD relates to altered moral cognition in general or specifically to impaired integration of prior information (such as beliefs) in moral judgments.

Methods

23 patients and 32 healthy controls read vignettes created in a 2 x 2 design. The protagonist in each story either had a neutral or negative intention towards another person which, as a result, either died (negative outcome) or did not d

SUBMITTER: Kronbichler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8133419 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature