A meta-analysis of mentalizing impairments in adults with schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 602-616

  Chung, Yu Sun ^a   Barch, Deanna ^a   Strube, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism social cognition; mentalizing; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTALIZING IMPAIRMENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISION; ADULT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84898943584     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt048     Document Type: Article

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