Magical ideation associated social cognition in adolescents: signs of a negative facial affect recognition deficit

摘要

Background: Studies provide evidence for impaired social cognition in schizotypy and its association with negative symptoms. Cognitive features related to magical ideation a component of the positive dimension of schizotypy have been less investigated. We aimed to assess social cognitive functioning among adolescents with high magical ideation scores, mainly focusing on face and emotion recognition.