Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Communication

Niznikiewicz, Margaret; Kubicki, Marek; Mulert, Christoph; Condray, Ruth

doi:10.1155/2013/952034

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“…Recent reports indicate that diminished communication skills may be considered one of the most important features of schizophrenia outcome and recovery (Adamczyk et al, 2016, Falkenberg et al, 2007, Niznikiewicz et al, 2013, Titone, 2010, Wible, 2012). …”

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“…Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by various psychopathological symptoms with a number of cognitive, emotional and communication impairments which together influence social functioning of the patients ( Cechnicki, 2011 , Howes and Murray, 2014 , Nutt and Need, 2014 ). Recent reports indicate that diminished communication skills may be considered one of the most important features of schizophrenia outcome and recovery ( Adamczyk et al, 2016 , Falkenberg et al, 2007 , Niznikiewicz et al, 2013 , Titone, 2010 , Wible, 2012 ).…”

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Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Adamczyk

Wyczesany

Domagalik

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Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit problems with understanding the figurative meaning of language. This study evaluates neural correlates of diminished humor comprehension observed in schizophrenia. The study included chronic schizophrenia (SCH) outpatients (n = 20), and sex, age and education level matched healthy controls (n = 20). The fMRI punchline based humor comprehension task consisted of 60 stories of which 20 had funny, 20 nonsensical and 20 neutral (not funny) punchlines. After the punchlines were presented, the participants were asked to indicate whether the story was comprehensible and how funny it was. Three contrasts were analyzed in both groups reflecting stages of humor processing: abstract vs neutral stories - incongruity detection; funny vs abstract - incongruity resolution and elaboration; and funny vs neutral – complete humor processing. Additionally, parametric modulation analysis was performed using both subjective ratings separately. Between-group comparisons revealed that the SCH subjects had attenuated activation in the right posterior superior temporal gyrus (BA 41) in case of irresolvable incongruity processing of nonsensical puns; in the left dorsomedial middle and superior frontal gyri (BA 8/9) in case of incongruity resolution and elaboration processing of funny puns; and in the interhemispheric dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24) in case of complete processing of funny puns. Additionally, during comprehensibility ratings the SCH group showed a suppressed activity in the left dorsomedial middle and superior frontal gyri (BA 8/9) and revealed weaker activation during funniness ratings in the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (BA 24). Interestingly, these differences in the SCH group were accompanied behaviorally by a protraction of time in both types of rating responses and by indicating funny punchlines less comprehensible. Summarizing, our results indicate neural substrates of humor comprehension processing impairments in schizophrenia, which is accompanied by fronto-temporal hypoactivation.

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Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Adamczyk

Wyczesany

Domagalik

et al. 2017

NeuroImage: Clinical

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“…Communication problems are considered a primary clinical pathology in patients with schizophrenia [ 12 ], who sometimes struggle to understand and communicate their own feelings as well as those of others. The social lives of these patients are significantly affected by their inability to process social information and adjust their interpersonal behaviors accordingly [ 5 , 13 ].…”

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Comparison of Subjective Facial Emotion Recognition and “Facial Emotion Recognition Based on Multi-Task Cascaded Convolutional Network Face Detection” between Patients with Schizophrenia and Healthy Participants

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Patients with schizophrenia may exhibit a flat affect and poor facial expressions. This study aimed to compare subjective facial emotion recognition (FER) and FER based on multi-task cascaded convolutional network (MTCNN) face detection in 31 patients with schizophrenia (patient group) and 40 healthy participants (healthy participant group). A Pepper Robot was used to converse with the 71 aforementioned participants; these conversations were recorded on video. Subjective FER (assigned by medical experts based on video recordings) and FER based on MTCNN face detection was used to understand facial expressions during conversations. This study confirmed the discriminant accuracy of the FER based on MTCNN face detection. The analysis of the smiles of healthy participants revealed that the kappa coefficients of subjective FER (by six examiners) and FER based on MTCNN face detection concurred (κ = 0.63). The perfect agreement rate between the subjective FER (by three medical experts) and FER based on MTCNN face detection in the patient, and healthy participant groups were analyzed using Fisher’s exact probability test where no significant difference was observed (p = 0.72). The validity and reliability were assessed by comparing the subjective FER and FER based on MTCNN face detection. The reliability coefficient of FER based on MTCNN face detection was low for both the patient and healthy participant groups.

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Does Atypicality Entail Impairment? Tracing the Use of a Cohesive Marker in the Interactions of an Individual with Schizophrenia

Mikesell¹

2020

Atypical Interaction

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Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Communication

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Neural circuit of verbal humor comprehension in schizophrenia - an fMRI study

Comparison of Subjective Facial Emotion Recognition and “Facial Emotion Recognition Based on Multi-Task Cascaded Convolutional Network Face Detection” between Patients with Schizophrenia and Healthy Participants

Does Atypicality Entail Impairment? Tracing the Use of a Cohesive Marker in the Interactions of an Individual with Schizophrenia

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