The emotional paradox: Dissociation between explicit and implicit processing of emotional prosody in schizophrenia

▶ Implicit processing of emotional prosody is preserved in schizophrenia. ▶ While its explicit recognition is impaired and not due to a general slowdown. ▶ Anhedonia is linked with an oversensitivity to vocal emotions for these patients. ▶ Implicit and explicit processing of emotional prosody can be dissociated.