Nonverbal communication remains untouched: No beneficial effect of symptomatic improvement on poor gesture performance in schizophrenia.

Background: Gestures are an important part of communication. Patients with schizophrenia present gesture deficits that tend to deteriorate in the course of the disease and hamper functional outcome. This gesture deficit has been associated with motor abnormalities, cognitive impairment, and psychoti...

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Published in:Schizophrenia Research Vol. 223; pp. 258 - 265
Main Authors: Wüthrich, Florian, Pavlidou, Anastasia, Stegmayer, Katharina, Eisenhardt, Sarah, Moor, Jeanne, Schäppi, Lea, Vanbellingen, Tim, Bohlhalter, Stephan, Walther, Sebastian
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Sep2020
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