Many lines of evidence suggest that individuals with schizophrenia suffer from face
processing deficits. However, the specificity of these deficits and the neural dysfunction
underlying them remain unclear. To address these questions, we evaluated the functional
status of a critical region for face processing, the fusiform face area (FFA), in subjects with
schizophrenia. Fourteen schizophrenia patients and 10 healthy control subjects participated
in an fMRI experiment to determine the functional status of the FFA by viewing a series of …