Neurostimulation-enhanced Behavioural Remediation of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia | C4C

Schizophrenia results in impaired social cognition, which impacts on the ability to function in everyday life. This pilot study will test a brain stimulation intervention designed to improve these deficits. Everyday cognition relies on recognising and correctly interpreting the associations between different stimuli or events. Yet in schizophrenia, the time windows used for identifying events as being linked together, are less precise than in healthy people. This lack of precision can then lead to impaired social interactions. We will use brain training -time perception exercises- to assess if brain training can improve the ability to judge social intentions. The effects will be enhanced with non-invasive brain stimulation to the brain regions that calculate physical causality. The effects of training will be measured with EEG recordings, to clarify the brain mechanism involved. Scores on clinical measures will be compared before and after, to determine improvements in well-being.