BMC psychiatry · 2026
The effect of avatar identity on level-2 visual perspective taking in individuals with schizophrenia.
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Xie Pei, Huang ChaoZheng, Lu Li, Sang HanBin, Zhou AiBao
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BACKGROUND: This study investigated whether individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) exhibit impairments in Level-2 visual perspective-taking (VPT)-the ability to understand how a scene appears from another's viewpoint-and if using a self-represented avatar could mitigate these deficits.
METHODS: Two experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 (N = 63) used a digit inversion task to assess Level-2 VPT based on object appearance. Experiment 2 (N = 62) used a round-table task to assess it based on spatial location. Participants with SZ and healthy controls (HC) performed both tasks under two conditions: using a 'self-avatar' and an 'other-avatar'.
RESULTS: Individuals with SZ demonstrated significant Level-2 VPT impairments in both experiments. Compared to HC, the SZ group showed significantly lower accuracy and a stronger egocentric bias, particularly in perspective-incongruent conditions. Critically, the self-avatar identity did not produce a selective performance benefit in the SZ group.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings confirm pervasive Level-2 VPT deficits in schizophrenia across different task domains. The absence of a schizophrenia-specific self-avatar benefit suggests that an instruction-based self-avatar manipulation alone may be insufficient to selectively improve Level-2 VPT performance in schizophrenia. The cognitive mechanisms underlying this pattern remain to be established.
CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.
METHODS: Two experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 (N = 63) used a digit inversion task to assess Level-2 VPT based on object appearance. Experiment 2 (N = 62) used a round-table task to assess it based on spatial location. Participants with SZ and healthy controls (HC) performed both tasks under two conditions: using a 'self-avatar' and an 'other-avatar'.
RESULTS: Individuals with SZ demonstrated significant Level-2 VPT impairments in both experiments. Compared to HC, the SZ group showed significantly lower accuracy and a stronger egocentric bias, particularly in perspective-incongruent conditions. Critically, the self-avatar identity did not produce a selective performance benefit in the SZ group.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings confirm pervasive Level-2 VPT deficits in schizophrenia across different task domains. The absence of a schizophrenia-specific self-avatar benefit suggests that an instruction-based self-avatar manipulation alone may be insufficient to selectively improve Level-2 VPT performance in schizophrenia. The cognitive mechanisms underlying this pattern remain to be established.
CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.