“First episode psychosis moderates the effect of gray matter volume on cognition“

Patients with first episode psychosis (FEP) present with cognitive deficits and volume differences in certain brain areas. Brain volumetric information further correlates with cognitive testing, and multiple brain areas shows different strengths of correlation with the cognitive functions being tested. Traditionally, these cognitive functions are independently related to volumetric differences, but these functions share variance. Failing to account for this aspect of cognition hinders the proper representation of cognition in neuroimaging studies.

Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - June 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luis F.S. Castro-de-Araujo, Richard A.A. Kanaan Source Type: research