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Cognitive correlates to social cue perception in schizophrenia
P W Corrigan1, M F Green, R Toomey
1University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL.
Psychiatry Research
|August 1, 1994
Summary
Schizophrenia patients
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Social skill deficits are common in schizophrenia.
- Information-processing deficits may underlie these social skill impairments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between social cue perception and information-processing deficits in schizophrenia.
- To explore the link between social cue perception and psychiatric symptoms.
Main Methods:
- Twenty-six inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia (DSM-III-R) were assessed.
- Measures included social cue perception, cognitive functioning, and psychiatric symptoms.
Main Results:
- Social cue perception was significantly correlated with early visual processing.
- Recognition memory performance was also related to social cue perception.
- Withdrawal/retardation symptoms were associated with impaired social cue perception.
Conclusions:
- Social cue perception is linked to specific cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
- Findings suggest that early visual processing and memory impairments may impact social cue recognition.
- These results have implications for understanding and treating social-perceptual deficits in schizophrenia.