The idea that computerized brain training can aid cognition in schizophrenia is picking up steam.
Sophia Vinogradov, M.D. was interviewed at psychiatryonline.org: "I would like to argue that the brain is not immutably fixed, and that even in people with schizophrenia these neural systems show a high degree of plasticity and can change."
She is professor in residence and interim associate chief of staff for mental health at San Francisco VA Medical Center. She posits that such...
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Scientists at MIT and Harvard say schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by overactivating a brain system that... Read more »
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