By studying an animal model of schizophrenia, scientists came to the conclusion that, having undergone cognitive training in adolescence, the animals behaved like healthy adults in the future. The study was published in Neuron.:
Andre Fenton from New York University said about this: "You can load any tasks into the brain. And our work has shown that the right skills help overcome functional impairments."
This discovery happened by accident — in fact, they were focused on the basic problems of schizophrenia: the inability to isolate the main thing from vague or contradictory information and focus on relevant points.
As Fenton explains,
"When you're walking down the street, there may be a situation where you need to focus on the phone conversation. At the same time, you may be distracted by children playing in the park, moving vehicles, and more. For a healthy brain, it is quite simple to distribute all these information flows. But the same situation becomes a real test for a patient with schizophrenia."
As a result, a team of scientists has developed special cognitive control tests that require such concentration. In these tests, the rats had to learn how to avoid electric discharge under contradictory conditions. While this task was easy for healthy rats, animals with brain damage were able to cope with it quickly, only until adulthood — when signs of schizophrenic disorder usually begin to show.
After some unforeseen circumstances in the laboratory, the scientists retested adult rats that had already been tested in adolescence. To their surprise, the scientists found that these rats did not show symptoms of schizophrenia.
Scientists believe that such training during adolescence forms certain neural connections that make it possible to compensate for the effects of existing brain damage in adulthood.
According to Fenton:
"Even if the brain is damaged, the consequences of this damage can be overcome without trying to influence the source of the disease as such. This is true of schizophrenia, but how far have other disorders gone, take autism, or depression, for example. And really, in our world of endless distraction, wouldn't it be better to have a little more cognitive control?" transescort.org/trans/india/bangalore/
Andre Fenton from New York University said about this: "You can load any tasks into the brain. And our work has shown that the right skills help overcome functional impairments."
This discovery happened by accident — in fact, they were focused on the basic problems of schizophrenia: the inability to isolate the main thing from vague or contradictory information and focus on relevant points.
As Fenton explains,
"When you're walking down the street, there may be a situation where you need to focus on the phone conversation. At the same time, you may be distracted by children playing in the park, moving vehicles, and more. For a healthy brain, it is quite simple to distribute all these information flows. But the same situation becomes a real test for a patient with schizophrenia."
As a result, a team of scientists has developed special cognitive control tests that require such concentration. In these tests, the rats had to learn how to avoid electric discharge under contradictory conditions. While this task was easy for healthy rats, animals with brain damage were able to cope with it quickly, only until adulthood — when signs of schizophrenic disorder usually begin to show.
After some unforeseen circumstances in the laboratory, the scientists retested adult rats that had already been tested in adolescence. To their surprise, the scientists found that these rats did not show symptoms of schizophrenia.
Scientists believe that such training during adolescence forms certain neural connections that make it possible to compensate for the effects of existing brain damage in adulthood.
According to Fenton:
"Even if the brain is damaged, the consequences of this damage can be overcome without trying to influence the source of the disease as such. This is true of schizophrenia, but how far have other disorders gone, take autism, or depression, for example. And really, in our world of endless distraction, wouldn't it be better to have a little more cognitive control?" transescort.org/trans/india/bangalore/
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