215. Social Cognition Training Increases Functional Connectivity During Facial Emotion Processing in Healthy Individuals

Standard treatments do not address impaired facial emotion processing, which compromises social functioning, in many neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. This impairment correlates with abnormal activity and connectivity in neural networks underlying social cognition. Neuroplasticity-based social cognition training has shown promise in improving facial emotion processing and aberrant neural activity, but its impact on connectivity remains unknown. This study evaluates how social cognition training impacts connectivity during facial emotion processing in healthy individuals to better understand its therapeutic potential.