From the UNC press release: What characterizes many people with depression, schizophrenia and some other mental illnesses is anhedonia: an inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences. Exactly why this happens is unclear. But…
From the Wayne State University press release via EurekAlert!: A team of neuroscientists led by a Wayne State University School of Medicine professor has discovered stark developmental differences in brain network function in children of…
From the UT Dallas press release: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia are distinct disorders with unique characteristics, but they share similarities in social dysfunction. For many years, this similarity resulted in confusion in diagnosis.…
From the UCSF press release via HealthCanal: People with schizophrenia who completed 80 hours of intensive, computerized cognitive training exercises were better able to perform complex tasks that required them to distinguish their internal thoughts…
From the Centre national de la recherche scientifique press release via MedicalXPress: Working memory, which consists in the short-term retention and processing of information, depends on specific regions of the brain working correctly. This faculty…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: A pioneering new study finds that a specific type of computerized cognitive training can lead to significant neural and behavioral improvements in individuals with schizophrenia. The research,…
From the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Paris) press release via HealthCanal: Schizophrenia is a mental illness that seriously affects social interaction. Recent studies have shown that people with schizophrenia have difficulty in interpreting…
From the Research Council of Norway press release via AlphaGalileo: When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from perceiving real voices. A…
From the University of Parma press release via AlphaGalileo: This elementary feature of schizophrenia is particularly disabling for those affected by the condition, say Italian scientists. The study, published this week in Social Cognitive and…
From the Elsevier press release: A significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in…