Computerized Training Restores Neural Activity, Social Function in Schizophrenia

0
160

After cognitive training with computers, schizophrenia patients in this study by researchers at the San Francisco Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the University of California showed improved activation in the medial prefrontal cortex that corresponded with improved reality monitoring and, in the long-term, better social functioning. The results were published in the February 23, 2012 issue of Neuron.
Abstract →
                                              Discuss →

***

Mad in America hosts blogs by a diverse group of writers. These posts are designed to serve as a public forum for a discussion—broadly speaking—of psychiatry and its treatments. The opinions expressed are the writers’ own.

LEAVE A REPLY