Cognitive neuroscience approach to social cognition in schizophrenia and Asperger disorder

本研究旨在探讨精神分裂症与阿斯伯格综合征患者社会认知功能障碍的差异。我们测量了三个认知域：运动知觉、生物运动和心智能力。结果表明，精神分裂症患者在生物运动和心脑化任务上的表现低于正常对照组和阿斯伯格综合征患者。阿斯伯格综合征患者在脑化任务上表现出比正常对照组更差的表现。生物运动知觉是精神分裂症和阿斯伯格综合征患者社会认知功能障碍的敏感指标。

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.