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13 Such a dysfunction is a hallmark characteristic of schizophrenia with important implications for the outcome of this illness.

It is now well known that patients with schizophrenia have difficulty processing social cues, 10 – 12 which likely contributes to social dysfunction. 7 While the capacity to remember socially relevant information may partly rely on the same memory systems involved in emotional memory, evidence also suggests that memory for social information relies on specific brain regions, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC). 2 – 6 It has been proposed that social and emotional processes have inherent connections and share basic neural mechanisms. 1 The privileged processing of social information is likely to facilitate memory encoding and retrieval, similar to the well-established modulation of memory performance by emotions. There is accumulating evidence suggesting that social information gains privileged processing to produce adaptive behaviour and serve regulatory functions for an individual in a social environment. Individuals who successfully navigate their social world greatly rely on the efficient processing of social cues from the environment.