Social motivation in schizophrenia: How research on basic reward processes informs and limits our understanding

Limited quantity and quality of interpersonal exchanges and relationships predict worse symptomatic and hospitalization outcomes and limit functional recovery in people with schizophrenia. While deficits in social skills and social cognition contribute to much of the impairment in social functioning in schizophrenia, our focus on the current review is social motivation—the drive to connect with others and form meaningful, lasting relationships....