While the cerebellum's role in motor function is well recognized, the nature of its concurrent
role in cognitive function remains considerably less clear. The current consensus paper …

New advances in the understanding of schizophrenia etiology, course, and treatment have
increased interest on the part of patients, families, advocates, and professionals in the …

To date, there has been little investigation of the neurobiological basis of emotion
processing abnormalities in psychiatric populations. We have previously discussed two …

A range of emotional and motivation impairments have long been clinically documented in
people with schizophrenia, and there has been a resurgence of interest in understanding …

For many years the cerebellum has been considered to serve as a coordinator of motor
function. Likewise, for many years schizophrenia has been considered to be a disease that …

The past several years have seen a resurgence of interest in understanding the
psychological and neural bases of what are often referred to as “negative symptoms” in …

Our understanding of the emotion deficits in schizophrenia is limited. Findings from studies
employing trait emotion instruments suggest that patients have attenuated levels of positive …

Motivational and hedonic impairments are core aspects of a variety of types of
psychopathology. These impairments cut across diagnostic categories and may be critical to …

Background: Negative symptoms may be associated with dysfunction of the brain reward
system in schizophrenia. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess …

Patients with schizophrenia demonstrate deficits in motivation and learning that suggest
impairment in different aspects of the reward system. In this article, we present the results of …