Longitudinal Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Early Psychosis
Kossivi Armel Mignondje, Jillian G. Connolly, Adam Beermann, Ella Crabtree, Simon Vandekar, Maxwell Roeske, Kathryn Biernacki, Michael J. Coleman, Martha E. Shenton, Roscoe O. Brady, Kathryn E. Lewandowski, Heather Burrell Ward · 2026
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Kossivi Armel Mignondje and co-authors present a brain imaging study, published in 2026, on thinking skills in early psychosis. Weak thinking skills are the main cause of disability in schizophrenia, and few treatments help. Earlier work had tied scores on an attention task to links between two brain areas. The team asked whether that tie held steady over time in a large group of patients.
The study enrolled 251 people with early psychosis and 90 matched healthy controls. Each person had brain scans and thinking tests, and some were followed for two to four years. Scores on the attention task improved over time, and more so in one type of psychosis. The brain link predicted task scores in one patient group but not the other. The results show the marker is real but depends on the kind of illness.
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| CREATOR | Kossivi Armel Mignondje, Jillian G. Connolly, Adam Beermann, Ella Crabtree, Simon Vandekar, Maxwell Roeske, Kathryn Biernacki, Michael J. Coleman, Martha E. Shenton, Roscoe O. Brady, Kathryn E. Lewandowski, Heather Burrell Ward |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |