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SUBMITTER: Erickson MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487003 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erickson Molly A MA Albrecht Matthew A MA Robinson Benjamin B Luck Steven J SJ Gold James M JM
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging 20170401 3
<h4>Background</h4>Although people with schizophrenia (PSZ) frequently exhibit reduced working memory capacity relative to healthy comparison subjects (HCS), the mechanisms that underlie this impairment are not yet known. The present study aimed to assess one putative mechanism: impaired suppression of alpha and beta frequency bands during the delay period of a visual working memory task.<h4>Methods</h4>The electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded from 30 PSZ and 31 HCS while they completed a cha ...[more]