Growing evidence from animal studies indicates brain‐damaging properties of nicotine
exposure. Investigations in humans found a wide range of functional cerebral effects of nicotine …

Several studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia underactivate brain regions
involved in theory of mind relative to controls during functional brain imaging. However, in most …

In trying to more broadly define outcome in the efficient long-term treatment of patients with
schizophrenia it is necessary to consider not only a reduction in psychopathological …

… Author links open overlay panel Henning Witthaus a , Christian Kaufmann b , Georg Bohner
c , Seza … The results of the study constitute part of the doctoral thesis of Henning Witthaus. …

Neurophysiological methods allow the examination of cognitive–cortical functioning in
patients with schizophrenia in its prodromal states. As revealed by previous studies, event-related …

The term “theory of mind” (ToM) describes an evolved psychological mechanism that is
necessary to represent intentions and expectations in social interaction. It is thus involved in …

Background: Accumulating evidence from postmortem and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
studies suggests that abnormalities of medial temporal lobe structures are critically …

Background: Early dysfunction of the brain reward system in schizophrenia might be already
recognized in the prodromal phase of this illness. We used functional magnetic resonance …

Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant degenerative brain
disorder that is characterized by motor, cognitive, and affective symptoms. There is, to some, …

This exploratory study aims to examine the differential effects of a computer–based cognitive
training in ‘prodromal’ patients (mean age 27.20years, SD 5.31years) compared with …