Peripheral inflammation and increased central immune system activation have been linked to poorer cognition function in individuals suffering from schizophrenia. However, the results from these studies are mixed and cannot provide conclusive evidence.

Neuroinflammation and Cognition

Researchers employ tools from computational neuroscience to understand the underlying mechanisms of cognitive impairments in schizophrenia.

Computational Modeling of Cognitive Processes


Regarding schizophrenia, the benefits of cognitive assessment via remote technology is uncertain.

Cognition and Remote Digital Technology 


According to researchers’ findings, many characteristics of schizophrenia, specifically cognitive functioning, can be linked to an underlying problem in neural connectivity.


Brain Network Organization

- Neuroinflammation and Cognition
- Computational Modeling of Cognitive Processes 
- Cognition and Remote Digital Technology 
- Brain Network Organization 



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Cognition is another area of functioning that is affected in schizophrenia leading to problems with attention, concentration and memory, and to declining educational performance.

Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia 

American Psychiatric Association . (n.d.). What is Schizophrenia? What is schizophrenia? Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/schizophrenia/what-is-schizophrenia 

What Is Schizophrenia?

- Schizophrenia research has predomi­nantly focused on nonsocial cognition (also referred to as neurocognition).
- Nonsocial cognition includes those commonly considered mental abilities, including speed of processing, verbal learning and memory, visuospatial learning and memory, working memory, attention/vigilance, and reasoning and problem solving.


Nonsocial Cognition 

Future Directions for Research on Cognition in Schizophrenia 

A set of symptoms of schizophrenia that affects the normal processes of the brain that helps day to day functioning

Cognitive Impairment

A type of information processing deficit that would negatively impact cognition from the very beginning

Perceptual Impairment

Interest in social cognition as it relates to schizophrenia is a more recent development, and research in this area has grown dramatically over the past 10-­15 years.

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