Recognizing Social Cues from Biological Motion in Autism and Schizophrenia – Is There a Difference?

Similarities and dissimilarities between schizophrenia and autism are widely discussed, especially in the area of social cognition. To investigate this subject, we compared those groups on three measures tapping into biological motion processing abilities. Patients with schizophrenia showed largest deficits, whilst there were no differences between autistic and neurotypical participants.