The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on social cognition in schizophrenia: A preliminary study

Yuri Rassovsky; Walter Dunn; Jonathan Wynn; Allan D. Wu; Marco Iacoboni; Gerhard Hellemann; Michael F. Green

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2015.04.016

The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on social cognition in schizophrenia: A preliminary study

Yuri Rassovsky^*, Walter Dunn, Jonathan Wynn, Allan D. Wu, Marco Iacoboni, Gerhard Hellemann, Michael F. Green

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Abstract

In this preliminary study, we examined the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on social cognition in 36 individuals with schizophrenia. Participants received a baseline assessment and one week later received either anodal, cathodal, or sham tDCS, with 12 participants randomized to each condition. A single 20-minute session tDCS was administered bilaterally over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (centered at positions Fp1 and Fp2) at 2. mA. Among the 4 social cognitive tasks, participants showed a significant improvement on one of them, emotion identification, following anodal stimulation. Findings demonstrate the safety of this procedure and suggest potential therapeutic effects on one aspect of social cognition in schizophrenia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	171-174
Number of pages	4
Journal	Schizophrenia Research
Volume	165
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2015.04.016
State	Published - Jul 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Neurocognition
Schizophrenia
Social cognition
TDCS
Transcranial direct current stimulation

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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