Phonetic mismatch negativity predicts social skills acquisition in schizophrenia

Neurobiological mechanisms for social skills acquisition in schizophrenia remain largely unknown. We investigated whether an electrophysiological index of cognitive function predicts the degree of training-related social skills improvement in schizophrenia. Thirteen patients with schizophrenia underwent assessment of mismatch negativity (MMN) event-related potentials, followed by participation in a 3-month social skills training. Larger right frontal/temporal MMN current density values elicited by across-phoneme change were significantly associated with individual degrees of improvement in total social skills scores as assessed by a structured role play test. Although preliminary, these results suggest that phonetic MMN could be an index of social skills acquisition in patients with schizophrenia.

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