Structural abnormalities of the amygdala and impaired facial emotion recognition have been
reported in schizophrenia. Most studies demonstrated reduced amygdalar volumes in
schizophrenia patients, and difficulty in recognizing negative facial emotions has also been
reported. However, findings on the deficit in facial emotion recognition have been
inconsistent, and the relationships between this impairment and amygdalar volume
reduction remain unclear. In this study, we investigated these relationships by performing�…