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Syntax and Schizophrenia: A meta-analysis of comprehension and production

2024-10-27 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundPeople with schizophrenia exhibit notable difficulties in the use of everyday language. This directly impacts ones ability to complete education and secure employment. An impairment in the ability to understand and generate the correct grammatical structures (syntax) has been suggested as a key contributor; but studies have been underpowered, often with conflicting findings. It is also unclear if syntactic deficits are restricted to a subgroup of patients, or generalized across the bro...

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