- Visual Processing Impairment
- Auditory Processing Impairment

Types of Perceptual Impairment

A type of information processing deficit that would negatively impact cognition from the very beginning

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Cognition is another area of functioning that is affected in schizophrenia leading to problems with attention, concentration and memory, and to declining educational performance.

Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia 

American Psychiatric Association . (n.d.). What is Schizophrenia? What is schizophrenia? Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/schizophrenia/what-is-schizophrenia 

What Is Schizophrenia?

- Schizophrenia research has predomi­nantly focused on nonsocial cognition (also referred to as neurocognition).
- Nonsocial cognition includes those commonly considered mental abilities, including speed of processing, verbal learning and memory, visuospatial learning and memory, working memory, attention/vigilance, and reasoning and problem solving.


Nonsocial Cognition 

- Neuroinflammation and Cognition
- Computational Modeling of Cognitive Processes 
- Cognition and Remote Digital Technology 
- Brain Network Organization 



Future Directions for Research on Cognition in Schizophrenia 

A set of symptoms of schizophrenia that affects the normal processes of the brain that helps day to day functioning

Cognitive Impairment

Perceptual Impairment

Interest in social cognition as it relates to schizophrenia is a more recent development, and research in this area has grown dramatically over the past 10-­15 years.

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