Aberrant visual attention is associated with social judgements of attractiveness and negative symptoms in schizophrenia
Findings suggest that negative symptoms and social functioning are associated with diminished judgements of facial attractiveness and corresponding patterns of aberrant gaze behavior. Attention training programs focused on increasing gaze to salient facial features may support better social functioning and lower negative symptoms in SZ.
Authors
- Gregory P. Strauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7218-5169)
- James M. Gold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-9554)
- Lauren Luther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-4361)
- William R. Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6580-1384)
- Robert W. Buchanan
- Rebecca F Mathis
- James I Koeing
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Schizophrenia Research
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.10.010
- Primary Topic
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00