The mental workspace in schizophrenia

The mental workspace in schizophrenia

Working memory is a type of short-term memory that allows us to temporarily store and manipulate information. It is often referred to as the “mental workspace” as we hold the information that we are currently using in our working memory. For example, if...
Pre-adolescent brain and mental health

Pre-adolescent brain and mental health

During preadolescence (ages 9 to 12), notable deviations from the expected trajectory of brain structure and function may occur and be linked to psychiatric disorders. With collaborators at the Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan...
Advanced brain imaging to study psychosis

Advanced brain imaging to study psychosis

Schizophrenia and related psychoses involve dysconnectivity across multiple scales, including cellular, brain network, behavioral, and interpersonal levels. Ultra-high field neuroimaging offers the opportunity to study this dysconnectivity in psychosis through...
The Genetic Predisposition to Schizophrenia

The Genetic Predisposition to Schizophrenia

Led by Shuixia Guo, and Ningning He, researchers at the MOE-LCSM, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Normal University, China. Highlights Functional dysconnectivity in the brain is a common feature of schizophrenia. Functional magnetic resonance imaging...
Evaluating Motor Disturbance in Schizophrenia

Evaluating Motor Disturbance in Schizophrenia

Led by Siân E Robson, Matthew J Brookes, and Emma L Hall, fellow researchers at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK Highlights Mild disturbances in motor function are common features of schizophrenia...
Not All There

Not All There

Led by Wenjian Tan and Zhening Liu, fellow researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, China, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China. Highlights Recruitment of a large-scale brain...