Speech-Gesture Matching and Schizotypal Traits: A Network Approach.
Bertalan PolnerHamidreza JamalabadiBianca M van KemenadeJutta BillinoTilo T J KircherBenjamin StraubePublished in: Schizophrenia bulletin (2024)
The association between impaired abstract speech-gesture matching and disorganization supports a continuum between schizophrenia and schizotypy. Using gestures to facilitate communication connects subjective and objective aspects of gesture processing and schizotypal traits. Future interventional studies in patients should test the potential causal pathways implied by this network model.