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A systematic review of multisensory cognitive–affective integration in
schizophrenia
Huai-Hsuan Tseng
a,b,c,*
Q1 , Matthijs G. Bossong
a
, Gemma Modinos
a
, Kuan-Ming Chen
d
,
Philip McGuire
a
, Paul Allen
a
a
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Q2
b
Research Imaging Centre, Centre of Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
c
Ju Shan Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
d
Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 17 July 2014
Received in revised form 25 March 2015
Accepted 26 April 2015
Available online xxx
Keywords:
Multi-sensory integration
Schizophrenia
Emotion
Congruent facilitation
Incongruent
Interference
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
a b s t r a c t
The etymology of schizophrenia implies poor functional integration of sensory, cognitive and affective
processes. Multisensory integration (MSI) is a spontaneous perceptual–cognitive process by which rele-
vant information from multiple sensory modalities is extracted to generate a holistic experience. Deficits
in MSI may hinder prompt and appropriate behavioural responses in a complex and transient environ-
ment. Despite extensive investigation of sensory, cognitive and affective processing in patients with
schizophrenia, little is known about how MSI is affected in the illness. We systemically searched the
PubMed electronic database and reviewed twenty-nine behavioural and neuroimaging studies examin-
ing MSI in patients with schizophrenia. The available evidence indicates impaired MSI for non-emotional
stimuli in schizophrenia, especially for linguistic information. There is also evidence for altered MSI for
emotional stimuli, although findings are inconsistent and may be modality-specific. Brain functional
alterations in the superior temporal cortex and inferior frontal cortex appear to underlie the deficits
in both non-emotional and emotional MSI. The limitations of the experimental paradigms used and
directions for future research are also discussed.
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Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
2. Multi-sensory integration (MSI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
3. Search strategy and results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
4. Non-emotional multisensory integration in schizophrenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
5. Emotional MSI in schizophrenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
6. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
7. Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
8. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
Role of the funding source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
1. Introduction
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The etymology of schizophrenia means “splitting of men-
tal functions”; implying defective functional integration of
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Corresponding author at: Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psy- Q3
chiatry, King’s College London, 16 De Crespigny Park, London, United Kingdom.
Tel.: +16477715311.
E-mail address: socwind@gmail.com (H.-H. Tseng).
information. In addition to widespread cognitive impairment,
patients with schizophrenia have prominent deficits in emotional
processing (Edwards et al., 2002), and this is closely related to
problems with social cognition and interpersonal functioning (e.g.,
Brittain et al., 2010; Penn et al., 1997; Pinkham et al., 2003) and psy-
chotic symptoms (Laroi et al., 2010; Tseng et al., 2013). Studies of
social cognition in schizophrenia have used emotion-laden stimuli
usually presented in a single sensory modality, such as visual face
(Gur et al., 2002; Kohler et al., 2003; Pinkham et al., 2005) or
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