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  • Title: The comprehension of metaphors in schizophrenia.
    Author: de Bonis M, Epelbaum C, Deffez V, Féline A.
    Journal: Psychopathology; 1997; 30(3):149-54. PubMed ID: 9186980.
    Abstract:
    Metaphor comprehension was studied in schizophrenics as compared to psychiatric and nonpsychiatric controls. Subjects were asked in a two-condition forced-choice response task to detect the metaphor similar or contrary to a proverb with an abstract meaning. Schizophrenic patients were impaired in both conditions. However, the paranoid patients' performances did not differ from psychiatric and nonpsychiatric controls. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the ability of metaphorizing is preserved in some schizophrenic patients.
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