Implicit Mentalizing in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mentalizing is a key aspect of social cognition. Several researchers assume that mentalization has two systems, an explicit one (conscious, relatively slow, flexible, verbal, inferential) and an implicit one (unconscious, automatic, fast, non-verbal, intuitive). In schizophrenia, several studies have confirmed the deficit of explicit mentalizing, but little data are available on non-explicit mentalizing. However, increasing research activity can be detected recently in implicit mentalizing. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to summarize the existing results of implicit mentalizing in schizophrenia.

Methods

A systematic search was performed in four major databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Web

SUBMITTER: Csulak T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847732 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature