Brain Training and Schizophrenia: How to Boost Social Cognitive Skills

Indi­vid­u­als suf­fer­ing from schiz­o­phre­nia show social cog­ni­tive deficits, that is dif­fi­cul­ties in per­ceiv­ing and under­stand­ing the social world. Research shows that schiz­o­phre­nia is accom­pa­nied by social cog­ni­tion prob­lems such as prob­lems iden­ti­fy­ing facial expres­sions, under­stand­ing and respond­ing to social cues (e.g., body lan­guage), under­stand­ing that oth­ers have dif­fer­ent men­tal states and thoughts than one­self (also…

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March/ April Update: Brain Health Status Quo No Longer An Option

The 2011 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (March 30th — April 1st) gath­ered more than 260 research and indus­try lead­ers from 16 coun­tries for 3 days to dis­cuss the chang­ing land­scape of Brain Health and Cog­ni­tive Fit­ness. It was a great suc­cess! Find the key lessons and take-home points from the Sum­mit in these 2 arti­cles by…

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