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SUBMITTER: Curtin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6610077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Curtin Adrian A Sun Junfeng J Zhao Qiangfeng Q Onaral Banu B Wang Jijun J Tong Shanbao S Ayaz Hasan H
Scientific reports 20190703 1
Control of attention is thought to be specifically impaired in schizophrenia due to abnormal function in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The PFC plays a critical role in the identification of relevant stimuli and the development of appropriate biases for the identified signals, including selection of an appropriate attentional 'zoom'. We examined how demands associated with changes in attentional requirements in a Sustained Attention Task (SAT) may contribute to differences in functional involvemen ...[more]