Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between insight and self-awareness of patients with schizophrenia using paradigm of self-face recognition(SFR).Methods 12 schizophrenic patients with insight,12 schizophrenic patients without insight and 12 healthy volunteer as control matched with age and education degree were measured by SFR,and the results were analyzed.Results The normal controls recognized their own face more quickly than the stranger's(P<0.05),and there was no difference between self face and famous face(P>0.05);however,there was no difference between self face and stranger' s face in schizophrenic patients(P>0.05),and patients without insight recognize their own face more slowly(P<0.05);there was difference in speed of self-face recognition between patients with and without insight(P<0.05),but no difference was found in stranger' s face and famous face recognition(P>0.05).Conclusion The results indicated that schizophrenic patients had self-disturbance,and insight might correlate with self-face recognition.

Key words: schizophrenia, insight, self-face recognition