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Auditory Emotion Recognition Impairments in Schizophrenia: Relationship to Acoustic Features and Cognition

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Gold, Rinat, Butler, Pamela, Revheim, Nadine, Leitman, David I., Hansen, John A., Gur, Ruben C., Kantrowitz, Joshua T., Laukka, Petri +3 more·2012·American Journal of Psychiatry

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OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenia is associated with deficits in the ability to perceive emotion based on tone of voice. The basis for this deficit remains unclear, however, and relevant assessment batteries remain limited. The authors evaluated performance in schizophrenia on a novel voice emotion recognition battery with well-characterized physical features, relative to impairments in more general emotional and cognitive functioning. METHOD: The authors studied a primary sample of 92 patients and 73 comparison subjects. Stimuli were characterized according to both intended emotion and acoustic features (e.g., pitch, intensity) that contributed to the emotional percept. Parallel measures of visual emotion recognition, pitch perception, general cognition, and overall outcome were obtained. More limited measures were obtained in an independent replication sample of 36 patients, 31 age-matched comparison subjects, and 188 general comparison subjects. RESULTS: Patients showed statistically significant large-effect-size deficits in voice emotion recognition (d=1.1) and were preferentially impaired in recognition of emotion based on pitch features but not intensity features. Emotion recognition deficits were significantly correlated with pitch perception impairments both across (r=0.56) and within (r=0.47) groups. Path analysis showed both sensory-specific and general cognitive contributions to auditory emotion recognition deficits in schizophrenia. Similar patterns of results were observed in the replication sample. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate that patients with schizophrenia show a significant deficit in the ability to recognize emotion based on tone of voice and that this deficit is related to impairment in detecting the underlying acoustic features, such as change in pitch, required for auditory emotion recognition. This study provides tools for, and highlights the need for, greater attention to physical features of stimuli used in studying social cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Gold, R., Butler, P., Revheim, N., Leitman, D. I., Hansen, J. A., Gur, R. C., Kantrowitz, J. T., Laukka, P., Juslin, P. N., Silipo, G. S., & Javitt, D. C.
Affiliations
Uppsala University (SE)
Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2012-04
Volume
169
Issue
4
Pages
424-432
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
OpenAlex
W2010682154
Cited by
123
References
43
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FWCI
7.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh060722-10)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R37MH049334, R01MH042191, R37 MH49334 S1, R01MH084848, MH084856, R01 MH-060722, P50MH086385, MH060722, P50 MH086385-S1, R01MH049334, R01MH084856)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
schizophrenia, auditory emotion recognition, voice emotion recognition, pitch perception, acoustic features, social cognition, cognitive impairment, visual emotion recognition
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Auditory Perception, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Memory Disorders, Photic Stimulation, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Visual Perception, Voice, Recognition, Psychology

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