Facial Features processing between schizophrenia and autism –A worksheet

Abstract

The current paper aims to detect the
characteristics of facial features processing among
schizophrenic and autistic people, and their role in
comprehending the identity of faces and emotional
expression. Schizophrenia is similar to autism
with respect to weakness in treating the facial
expressions. Based on the importance of our facial
expressions in our social life, this will influence
autistic and schizophrenic people psychologically
and socially. This will lead to exacerbate many
symptoms of autism and schizophrenia. In this
paper, we underpinned the rate, features, holistic
and analytical processing of these features as they
are considered the basis in comprehending facial
features of autistic and schizophrenic people.
Not only there are similarities in the nature
of facial features processing between autistic
and schizophrenic children, but also there is a
defect in the cerebral regions (fusiform gyrus and
the amygdala of the brain) responsible for these
processes and processors. Schizophrenic patients
is limited to defect in configurations and holistic
processing. But features processing and analytical
processing remain intact, In addition to this deficit
with autistic children, there is another problem in the
processing of eye feature and analytical processing
for the eyes. This worksheet reached a number of
conclusions and recommendations that are expected
to be employed in future researches and practical
environment in the further development in this area.