Patients with schizophrenia have impaired ability to imitate, brain mapping confirms
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 12:01
in Psychology & Sociology
A brain-mapping study of patients with schizophrenia has found that areas associated with the ability to imitate are impaired, providing new support for the theory that deficits in this basic cognitive skill may underlie the profound difficulty with social interactions that characterize the disorder. According to psychologists, imitation is something that we all do whenever we learn a new skill, whether it is dancing or how to behave in specific social situations.