Deficits in facial affect recognition in unaffected siblings of Xhosa schizophrenia patients: Evidence for a neurocognitive endophenotype

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLeppanen J.M.
dc.contributor.authorNiehaus D.J.H.
dc.contributor.authorKoen L.
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit E.
dc.contributor.authorSchoeman R.
dc.contributor.authorEmsley R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:02:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:02:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe present study in an African Xhosa sample examined whether familial vulnerability to schizophrenia is associated with deficits in facial affect recognition. Healthy comparison subjects, unaffected siblings of schizophrenia patients, and schizophrenia patients were tested with a task requiring rapid recognition of matched positive (happy), negative (angry), and neutral facial expressions. Siblings and patients demonstrated impaired recognition of negative relative to positive facial expressions whereas comparison subjects recognized negative and positive expressions at an equal level of accuracy. These results suggest that deficits in the processing negative affect from social cues are transmitted in families and may represent a heritable endophenotype of schizophrenia. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationSchizophrenia Research
dc.identifier.citation99
dc.identifier.citation03-Jan
dc.identifier.issn9209964
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.schres.2007.11.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12434
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectdiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
dc.subjectfacial expression
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectrecognition
dc.subjectschizophrenia
dc.subjectsibling
dc.subjectvision
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectDecision Making
dc.subjectDiscrimination (Psychology)
dc.subjectEmotions
dc.subjectEthnic Groups
dc.subjectFacial Expression
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectGenetic Predisposition to Disease
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPattern Recognition, Visual
dc.subjectPhenotype
dc.subjectReaction Time
dc.subjectSchizophrenia
dc.subjectSchizophrenic Psychology
dc.subjectSchizotypal Personality Disorder
dc.subjectSiblings
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleDeficits in facial affect recognition in unaffected siblings of Xhosa schizophrenia patients: Evidence for a neurocognitive endophenotype
dc.typeArticle
Files
Collections
Stellenbosch University - Scopus Publications