Deficits in low beta desynchronization reflect impaired emotional processing in schizophrenia

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 171; no. 1-3; pp. 207 - 214
• Main Authors: Csukly, Gábor, Farkas, Kinga, Marosi, Csilla, Szabó, Ádám
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Beta Rhythm - physiology; Brain Mapping; EEG; Electroencephalography; Emotion processing; ERSP; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; IAPS; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - etiology; Photic Stimulation; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - complications; Spectrum Analysis; Statistics as Topic; Schizophrenia; IAPS; ERSP; Emotion processing; EEG

Empirical data from previous investigations showed that emotion processing is reflected in beta, and especially in low beta event related desynchronization (ERD) (i.e. a decrease in low beta power). While recognition of social information and emotion processing are impaired in schizophrenia, no prev...