Limbic Activation Associated With Misidentification of Fearful Faces and Flat Affect in Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Raquel E. Gur,
James Loughead,
Christian G. Kohler,
Mark A. Elliott,
Kathleen Lesko,
Kosha Ruparel,
Daniel H. Wolf,
Warren B. Bilker,
Ruben C. Gur
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.64.12.1356
Subject(s) - amygdala , psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , affect (linguistics) , anger , facial expression , audiology , psychosis , neuroscience , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , communication
Deficits in emotion processing are prominent in schizophrenia, and flat affect is resistant to treatment and portends poor outcome. Investigation of the underlying neural circuitry can elucidate affective dysfunction.
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