Changes In Emotion Processing Network Following Social Cognitive Training In Individuals With Schizophrenia

Deficits in social cognition are prominent features of schizophrenia that play a large role in functional impairments and disability and are associated with altered activity in functional networks that support abilities such as emotion recognition. Targeted cognitive training has been proposed as a potential intervention to address cognitive and behavioral deficits and has been shown to improve cognitive functioning in individuals with schizophrenia. This study tests whether targeted cognitive training designed to specifically focused on social cognition would alter the activation in functional networks engaged in facial emotion processing, especially those involving the amygdala and superior temporal sulcus.