Schizophrenia simulator: When chemistry upends sanity's balance
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 22:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Schizophrenia goes hand in hand with brain chemistry out of kilter, and treatment options for a major symptom aren't great. Biomedical engineers data-mined the collective scientific knowledge of a major symptom, the disruption of working memory, to build a remarkably accurate simulator that can help researchers and doctors devise new treatments.