State-Dependent Cross-Brain Information Flow in Borderline Personality Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although borderline personality disorder (BPD)-one of the most common, burdensome, and costly psychiatric conditions-is characterized by repeated interpersonal conflict and instable relationships, the neurobiological mechanism of social interactive deficits remains poorly understood.

Objective

To apply recent advancements in the investigation of 2-person human social interaction to investigate interaction difficulties among people with BPD.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-brain information flow in BPD was examined from May 25, 2012, to December 4, 2015, in pairs of participants studied in 2 linked functional magnetic resonance imaging scanners in a university setting. Participants performed a joint attention task. Each pair included a healthy contro

SUBMITTER: Bilek E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710233 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature