Understanding the mechanisms underlying cognitive control in psychosis

Cognitive control (CC) involves a top-down mechanism to flexibly respond to complex stimuli and is impaired in schizophrenia. This study investigated the impact of increasing complexity of CC processing in 140 subjects with psychosis and 39 healthy adults, with assessments of behavioral performance,...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 2024-05, Vol.54 (11), p.1-3024
Main Authors: Maitra, R, Lemmers-Jansen, I L J, Vooren, M, Vanes, Lucy, Szentgyorgyi, Timea, Crisp, Charlotte, Mouchlianitis, Elias, Shergill, S S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Cognition
Decision making
Emotions
Facial expressions
Feedback
Learning
Mental disorders
Paradigms
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Stroop task
Therapeutic applications
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Summary:Cognitive control (CC) involves a top-down mechanism to flexibly respond to complex stimuli and is impaired in schizophrenia. This study investigated the impact of increasing complexity of CC processing in 140 subjects with psychosis and 39 healthy adults, with assessments of behavioral performance, neural regions of interest and symptom severity. The lowest level of CC (Stroop task) was impaired in all patients; the intermediate level of CC (Faces task) with explicit emotional information was most impaired in patients with first episode psychosis. Patients showed activation of distinct neural CC and reward networks, but iterative learning based on the higher-order of CC during the trust game, was most impaired in chronic schizophrenia. Subjects with first episode psychosis, and patients with lower symptom load, demonstrate flexibility of the CC network to facilitate learning, which appeared compromised in the more chronic stages of schizophrenia. These data suggest optimal windows for opportunities to introduce therapeutic interventions to improve CC.
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291724001119