Performance-based empathy mediates the influence of working memory on social competence in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-834

  Smith, Matthew J ^a   Horan, William P ^b,c   Cobia, Derin J ^a   Karpouzian, Tatiana M ^a   Fox, Jaclyn M ^a   Reilly, James L ^a   Breiter, Hans C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

empathy; functional outcomes; social cognition; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84902598208     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt084     Document Type: Article

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