Social cognition in schizophrenia: The role of mentalizing in moral dilemma decision-making

Patients with schizophrenia have difficulties in several aspects of social cognition, e.g. emotion recognition and mentalizing. It is yet unclear if patients also show deficits in moral decision-making and whether the two aspects interact. Deficits in moral decision-making abilities might put patients in disadvantageous positions in every-day interactions. Twenty-five patients with schizophrenia and twenty-five matched healthy controls...