Disembodied Language in Early-Onset Schizophrenia.
Frontiers in psychiatry January 1, 2022 Przemysław Zakowicz, Maria Skibińska, Joanna Pawlak 3 citations
Adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders make more errors on a task measuring language embodiment than healthy peers, and this deficit does not improve after 6-8 weeks of standard treatment. More errors are linked to auditory hallucinations, while abnormal beliefs are associated with different clinical measures. The findings suggest that a disrupted connection between thinking and environmental stimuli—termed language disembodiment—may contribute to psychosis symptoms, supporting a phenomenological approach to diagnosis.