Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Assign Emotional Importance to Neutral Stimuli: An fMRI Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of participants.

	Schizophrenia patients		Healthy controls		𝑃 (two-tailed)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	32.46	7.66	31.81	6.91	0.70
Parental SES	2.36	1.09	2.68	0.88	0.18
Sex (% male)	51	—	51	—	—
Handedness (% right)	89	—	91	—	—
Medication (chlorpromazine equivalence)	613.92	361.02	—	—	—
PANSS positive	18.84	6.93	—	—	—
PANSS negative	12.59	10.95	—	—	—
PANSS general	24.05	22.59	—	—	—
Subjective ratings—positive	5.77	1.20	5.36	1.21	0.16
Subjective ratings—negative	6.67	1.28	6.94	0.95	0.32
Subjective ratings—neutral	1.74	1.38	1.08	0.97	0.027*

SES: socioeconomic status; SD: standard deviation.
*The value is statistically significant.