Social cognition in schizophrenia: an overview
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The purpose of this column is to provide an overview of social cognition in schizophrenia. The column begins with a short introduction to social cognition. Then, we describe the application of social cognition to the study of schizophrenia, with an emphasis on key domains (i.e., emotion perception, Theory of Mind, and attributional style). We conclude the column by discussing the relationship of social cognition to neurocognition, negative symptoms, and functioning, with an eye toward strategies for improving social cognition in schizophrenia.
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Impaired emotion recognition is a symptom of several mental disorders, including schizophrenia and drug addiction.
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- Authors
- Penn, D. L., Sanna, L. J., & Roberts, D. L.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- ORCID
- Penn, D. L.
- Venue
- Schizophrenia Bulletin
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-05-04
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 408-411
- ISSN
- 0586-7614 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1701
- PMC
- PMC2632430
- OpenAlex
- W2126338481
- Cited by
- 574
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 8.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Schizophrenia Bulletin (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Keywords
- social cognition, schizophrenia
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Perceptual Disorders, Schizophrenia, Social Perception, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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