Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An Overview

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The purpose of this column is to provide an overview of social cognition in schizophrenia. The column begins with a short introduction to social cognition. Then, we describe the application of social cognition to the study of schizophrenia, with an emphasis on key domains (i.e., emotion perception, Theory of Mind, and attributional style). We conclude the column by discussing the relationship of social cognition to neurocognition, negative symptoms, and functioning, with an eye toward strategies for improving social cognition in schizophrenia.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Schizophr Bull

Journal ID (hwp): schbul

Journal ID (publisher-id): schbul

Title: Schizophrenia Bulletin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN (Print): 0586-7614

ISSN (Electronic): 1745-1701

Publication date (Print): May 2008

Publication date (Electronic): 28 March 2008

Volume: 34

Issue: 3

Pages: 408-411

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[2 ]University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

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[1 ]To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Davie Hall, CB#3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270; tel: 919-843-7514, fax: 919-962-2537, e-mail: dpenn@ 123456email.unc.edu .

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DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn014

PMC ID: 2632430

PubMed ID: 18375928

SO-VID: 83a3c29f-2a0f-4c55-a47d-fc3bf20491ad

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Implicit measures in social cognition. research: their meaning and use.

Cognitive neuroscience of human social behaviour.

A meta-analysis of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia.

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