Social cognition in neuropsychiatric populations: a comparison of theory of mind in schizophrenia and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Abstract Social cognition deficits are observed both in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). This may be due to dysfunction of the amygdala network, which is a common feature of both diseases. In this study, SCZ (n = 48) or MTLE (n = 31) and he...

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Main Authors: Łukasz Okruszek, Aleksandra Bala, Małgorzata Wordecha, Michał Jarkiewicz, Adam Wysokiński, Ewa Szczepocka, Aleksandra Piejka, Oliwia Zaborowska, Marta Szantroch, Andrzej Rysz, Andrzej Marchel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00565-2