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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Impaired motion perception in schizophrenia is linked to social-cognitive deficits.
  • Reduced activation in visual areas (MT+, pSTS) is observed in schizophrenia.
  • A 'third visual pathway' for social perception, involving motion, has been proposed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the functioning of the third visual pathway in individuals with schizophrenia.
  • Examine brain activation during real and implied motion processing.
  • Relate neural findings to behavioral measures of face emotion recognition and motion perception.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used.
  • Participants processed naturalistic videos (real motion) and static images (implied motion).
  • 28 individuals with schizophrenia (Sz) and 20 neurotypical controls were studied.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with Sz showed reduced activation in MT+ and pSTS for both real and implied motion compared to controls.
  • Dysfunction in early visual cortex and pulvinar correlated with aberrant real-motion processing.
  • Implied motion engaged mirror neuron system areas in controls, but this network was less engaged or aberrant in Sz.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the role of MT+ as a mediator between visual sensory areas and higher-order brain regions.
  • The study highlights the contribution of MT+ to social-cognitive processing in schizophrenia.
  • Aberrant functioning of the third visual pathway contributes to social-cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.