Neural activity during emotion recognition after combined cognitive plus social cognitive training in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive remediation training has been shown to improve both cognitive and social cognitive deficits in people with schizophrenia, but the mechanisms that support this behavioral improvement are largely unknown. One hypothesis is that intensive behavioral training in cognition and/or social cognition restores the underlying neural mechanisms that support targeted skills. However, there is little research on the neural effects of cognitive remediation training. This study investigated whether a 50 h (10-week) remediation intervention which included both cognitive and social cognitive training would influence neural function in regions that support social cognition. Twenty-two stable, outpatient schizophrenia participants were randomized to a treatment condition consisting of auditory-based

SUBMITTER: Hooker CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346150 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature