Prefrontal Cortex Activity During Facial Affect Processing in Schizophrenia: Association with Clinical Symptoms and Social Cognitive Functions

Abdullayev A., BASKAK B., Baskak N. S., Kir Y., Kale E., ÖZGÜVEN H., ...More

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.29, no.4, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5080/u22741
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity during facial affect recognition in schizophrenia, as well as the association of this activity with symptom severity and with the higher order social cognitive functions, namely recognition of false beliefs, faux-pas and hinting.