NDLI: Emotion and Theory of Mind in Schizophrenia—Investigating the Role of the Cerebellum

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Author	Mothersill, Omar Knee Zaska, Charlotte Donohoe, Gary
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Social cognitive dysfunction, including deficits in facial emotion recognition and theory of mind, is a core feature of schizophrenia and more strongly predicts functional outcome than neurocognition alone. Although traditionally considered to play an important role in motor coordination, the cerebellum has been suggested to play a role in emotion processing and theory of mind, and also shows structural and functional abnormalities in schizophrenia. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the specific role of the cerebellum in emotion and theory of mind deficits in schizophrenia using previously published functional neuroimaging studies. PubMed and PsycINFO were used to search for all functional neuroimaging studies reporting altered cerebellum activity in schizophrenia patients during emotion processing or theory of mind tasks, published until December 2014. Overall, 14 functional neuroimaging studies were retrieved. Most emotion studies reported lower cerebellum activity in schizophrenia patients relative to healthy controls. In contrast, the theory of mind studies reported mixed findings. Altered activity was observed across several posterior cerebellar regions involved in emotion and cognition. Weaker cerebellum activity in schizophrenia patients relative to healthy controls during emotion processing may contribute to blunted affect and reduced ability to recognise emotion in others. This research could be expanded by examining the relationship between cerebellum function, symptomatology and behaviour, and examining cerebellum functional connectivity in patients during emotion and theory of mind tasks.
Starting Page	357
Ending Page	368
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14734222
Journal	The Cerebellum
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14734230
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-07-09
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social cognition Emotion Schizophrenia Cerebellum Neuroimaging Neurosciences Neurology Neurobiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Neurology (clinical)

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