2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cognitive neuroscience approach to social cognition in schizophrenia and Asperger disorder
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23791306
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 統合失調症 / アスペルガー障害 / 社会認知 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of present study was to investigate the difference of social cognitive dysfunction between schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome. We measured three cognitive domains: motor perception, biological motion and mentalizing ability. The results indicated that schizophrenia patients showed worse performance in biological motion and mentalizing tasks than normal controls and patients with Asperger syndrome. Patients with Asperger syndrome showed worse performance in mentalizing task than normal controls. Biological motion perception, a kind of social perception, and mentalizing ability might be sensitive indicator of social cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome.
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