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Oxidative stress in schizophrenia: a case–control study on the effects on social cognition and neurocognition
(2014)
Background: Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder that presents impairments in neurocognition and social
cognition. Several studies have suggested that the etiology of schizophrenia can be partly explained by ...
Metacognition in psychosis: Comparison of schizophrenia with bipolar disorder
(2014)
While deficits in metacognition have been observed in schizophrenia (SZ), it is less clear whether these are specific to the disorder. Accordingly, this study compared metacognitive abilities of patients with schizophrenia ...
Towards an integrative approach to understanding quality of life in schizophrenia: the role of neurocognition, social cognition, and psychopathology
(2013)
The term “schizophrenia” refers to a debilitating group of disorders that usually results in a severely impaired quality of life (QoL).
Symptomatology appears to have a substantial role in determining QoL, although the ...
The associations between endogenous oxytocin levels and emotion recognition in bipolar disorder
(2015)
Objective: Recent studies in patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD) have revealed problems in
emotion recognition, specifically for negative emotions, which have been subsequently related
to amygdala activity. Previously, ...
Reward modulates the mirror neuron system in schizophrenia: A study into the mu rhythm suppression, empathy, and mental state attribution
(2015)
Impairments in the mirror neuron system (MNS) have been implicated as a possible underlying neurological basis
for deficits in higher-level social cognition in schizophrenia. Previous work testing this hypothesis has used ...
Metacognition in psychosis: Comparison of schizophrenia with bipolar disorder.
(Psychiatry Research, 2014-11-30)
While deficits in metacognition have been observed in schizophrenia (SZ), it is less clear whether these are specific to the disorder. Accordingly, this study compared metacognitive abilities of patients with schizophrenia ...
A closer look at the relationship between the subdomains of social functioning, social cognition and symptomatology in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia
(2014)
Impairments in social functioning commonly seen in schizophrenia are thought to be mediated by deficits in the domains of social
cognition. Some previous research has explored how social cognitive skills and psychotic ...
Emotional contagion in mice: The role of familiarity
(2014)
Empathy is a complex emotional process that involves sharing an emotional state with another organism.
The extent to which nonhuman animals are capable of empathizing with others is still far from clear,
partly due to a ...
Emotional contagion in mice: the role of familiarity
(Behavioural Brain Research, 2014-04-15)
Empathy is a complex emotional process that involves sharing an emotional state with another organism. The extent to which nonhuman animals are capable of empathizing with others is still far from clear, partly due to a ...
Hypnotic ingroup–outgroup suggestion influences economic decision-making in an Ultimatum Game
(2012)
Studies in economic decision-making have demonstrated that individuals appreciate social
values supporting equity and disapprove unfairness when distributing goods between two
or more parties. However, this seems to ...