Schizotypy is associated with difficulties detecting emotional facial expressions.

ABSTRACT: People with schizophrenia or subclinical schizotypal traits exhibit impaired recognition of facial expressions. However, it remains unclear whether the detection of emotional facial expressions is impaired in people with schizophrenia or high levels of schizotypy. The present study examined whether the detection of emotional facial expressions would be associated with schizotypy in a non-clinical population after controlling for the effects of IQ, age, and sex. Participants were asked to respond to whether all faces were the same as quickly and as accurately as possible following the presentation of angry or happy faces or their anti-expressions among crowds of neutral faces. Anti-expressions contain a degree of visual change that is equivalent to that of normal emotional facial expression

SUBMITTER: Uono S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611324 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature