Our current research focus is on the interactive effects of cognitive impairment and emotional reactivity on communication disturbances in schizophrenia. The study of emotional reactivity includes examination of social environmental factors that influence clinical state in patients. We also study vulnerability to schizophrenia, and the pathways by which vulnerability transmutes into manifest disorder.
Communication disturbances in schizophrenia and mania.
Affective reactivity of speech in schizophrenia patients and their nonschizophrenic relatives. Immediate memory, attention, and communication disturbances in schizophrenia patients and their relatives. A twin study of communication disturbances in schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology .