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The music of the (hemi)spheres sheds new light on schizophrenia

The music of the (hemi)spheres sheds new light on schizophrenia | Science News | Scoop.it

It is increasingly evident that schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by disturbances in the "music of the brain hemispheres." The authors observed relatively slower oscillations and reduced cross-phase synchrony (for example, peak of theta coinciding with peak of gamma) in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy study participants.

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Schizophrenia: When hallucinatory voices suppress real ones, new electronic application may help

Schizophrenia: When hallucinatory voices suppress real ones, new electronic application may help | Science News | Scoop.it
When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from perceiving real voices. A simple electronic application may help the patient learn to shift focus.

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jewell Moss's curator insight, March 10, 2014 8:03 PM

So interesting how the mind works, we are coming so close to discovering the ilnesses of the mind, and how to prevent it. Read on! #Schizophrenia

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[VIDEO] SCHIZOPHRENIA AS SOUND: listening to the dynamic brain

fMRI data converted to musical sound. Brain images are preprocessed into 20 distributed ensembles, "Independent Components," and each is assigned a tone on a pentatonic scale.


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