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Using Neuroplasticity-Based Auditory Training to Improve Verbal Memory in Schizophrenia by Fisher, Melissa, Holland, Christine, Merzenich, Michael M., Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Objective: Impaired verbal memory in schizophrenia is a key rate-limiting factor for functional outcome, does not respond to currently available medications,…”
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Computerized Cognitive Training Restores Neural Activity within the Reality Monitoring Network in Schizophrenia by Subramaniam, Karuna, Luks, Tracy L., Fisher, Melissa, Simpson, Gregory V., Nagarajan, Srikantan, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Schizophrenia patients suffer from severe cognitive deficits, such as impaired reality monitoring. Reality monitoring is the ability to distinguish the source…”
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Association between increased serum d-serine and cognitive gains induced by intensive cognitive training in schizophrenia by Panizzutti, Rogerio, Fisher, Melissa, Garrett, Coleman, Man, Wai Hong, Sena, Walter, Madeira, Caroline, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Neuroscience-guided cognitive training induces significant improvement in cognition in schizophrenia subjects, but the biological mechanisms associated with…”
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Motivation and its Relationship to Neurocognition, Social Cognition, and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia by Gard, David E, Fisher, Melissa, Garrett, Coleman, Genevsky, Alexander, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Abstract Objective A burgeoning area of research has focused on motivational deficits in schizophrenia, producing hypotheses about the role that motivation…”
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The Cognitive Cost of Anticholinergic Burden: Decreased Response to Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia by Vinogradov, Sophia, Fisher, Melissa, Warm, Heather, Holland, Christine, Kirshner, Margaret A., Pollock, Bruce G.

“…Objective: Schizophrenia is treated with medications that raise serum anticholinergic activity and are known to adversely affect cognition. The authors…”
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Motivational deficits in individuals at-risk for psychosis and across the course of schizophrenia by Schlosser, Danielle A, Fisher, Melissa, Gard, David, Fulford, Daniel, Loewy, Rachel L, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Abstract Motivational impairment is a critical factor that contributes to functional disability in schizophrenia and undermines an individual's ability to…”
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Is Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor a Biomarker for Cognitive Enhancement in Schizophrenia? by Vinogradov, Sophia, Fisher, Melissa, Holland, Christine, Shelly, Wendy, Wolkowitz, Owen, Mellon, Synthia H

“…Background Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in neurodevelopment and plasticity; decreased BDNF functioning may contribute to the…”
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Impact of family engagement on client participation in coordinated specialty care for first episodes of psychosis by Demarais, Marielle, Fisher, Melissa, Williams-Wengerd, Anne, Alexandre, Christie, Meyer-Kalos, Piper, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs for first episodes of psychosis are increasingly offered in the United States. A component of CSC programs is active…”
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Neuroscience-informed computer-assisted cognitive training in schizophrenia by Fisher, Melissa, Herman, Alexander, Stephens, Dustin B., Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric syndrome characterized by psychosis. It is also a neurodevelopmental disorder. In the earliest phases of the…”
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The Effects of Remote Cognitive Training Combined With a Mobile App Intervention on Psychosis: Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Fisher, Melissa, Etter, Kevin, Murray, Aimee, Ghiasi, Neelu, LaCross, Kristin, Ramsay, Ian, Currie, Ariel, Fitzpatrick, Karrie, Biagianti, Bruno, Schlosser, Danielle, Loewy, Rachel, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Background Impairments in cognition and motivation are core features of psychosis and strong predictors of social and occupational functioning. Accumulating…”
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Theory of Mind Skills Are Related to Gray Matter Volume in the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia by Hooker, Christine I, Bruce, Lori, Lincoln, Sarah Hope, Fisher, Melissa, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Background Among individuals with schizophrenia, deficits in theory of mind (ToM) skills predict poor social functioning. Therefore, identifying the neural…”
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Neural activity during emotion recognition after combined cognitive plus social cognitive training in schizophrenia by Hooker, Christine I, Bruce, Lori, Fisher, Melissa, Verosky, Sara C, Miyakawa, Asako, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Abstract Cognitive remediation training has been shown to improve both cognitive and social cognitive deficits in people with schizophrenia, but the mechanisms…”
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Auditory Cortical Plasticity Drives Training-Induced Cognitive Changes in Schizophrenia by Dale, Corby L, Brown, Ethan G, Fisher, Melissa, Herman, Alexander B, Dowling, Anne F, Hinkley, Leighton B, Subramaniam, Karuna, Nagarajan, Srikantan S, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Schizophrenia is characterized by dysfunction in basic auditory processing, as well as higher-order operations of verbal learning and executive functions. We…”
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Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Motivation Deficits in Schizophrenia: The ‘Why’ of Motivated Behavior by Gard, David E, Sanchez, Amy H, Starr, Jessica, Cooper, Shanna, Fisher, Melissa, Rowlands, Abby, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Abstract Self-Determination Theory (SDT) provides a model for understanding motivation deficits in schizophrenia, and recent research has focused on problems…”
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Neuroscience-informed auditory training in schizophrenia: A final report of the effects on cognition and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor by Fisher, Melissa, Ph.D, Mellon, Synthia H., Ph.D, Wolkowitz, Owen, M.D, Vinogradov, Sophia, M.D

“…Abstract Objective We previously reported the interim effects in a per protocol analysis of a randomized controlled trial of an innovative…”
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Building Alternative Feminist Economic Futures: WHEELS by Fisher, Melissa S.

“…WHEELS (Women's Hands Establishing Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills) Collective was established in Brooklyn, NY, in 2013, in response to the sever impact of…”
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Cognitive Interventions Targeting Brain Plasticity in the Prodromal and Early Phases of Schizophrenia by Fisher, Melissa, Loewy, Rachel, Hardy, Kate, Schlosser, Danielle, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Several important paradigm shifts have occurred in the field of schizophrenia treatment, including an increased focus on early detection, the development of…”
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Deficits in Auditory and Visual Sensory Discrimination Reflect a Genetic Liability for Psychosis and Predict Disruptions in Global Cognitive Functioning by Ramsay, Ian S, Schallmo, Michael-Paul, Biagianti, Bruno, Fisher, Melissa, Vinogradov, Sophia, Sponheim, Scott R

“…Sensory discrimination thresholds (i.e., the briefest stimulus that can be accurately perceived) can be measured using tablet-based auditory and visual sweep…”
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Cognitive Training for Very High Risk Incarcerated Adolescent Males by Rowlands, Abby, Fisher, Melissa, Mishra, Jyoti, Nahum, Mor, Brandrett, Benjamin, Reinke, Michael, Caldwell, Michael, Kiehl, Kent A, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Persistent violent and antisocial behavior, as manifested in conduct disorder (CD) traits, are associated with a range of cognitive deficits. Individuals with…”
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Model selection and prediction of outcomes in recent onset schizophrenia patients who undergo cognitive training by Ramsay, Ian S, Ma, Sisi, Fisher, Melissa, Loewy, Rachel L, Ragland, J. Daniel, Niendam, Tara, Carter, Cameron S, Vinogradov, Sophia

“…Abstract Predicting treatment outcomes in psychiatric populations remains a challenge, but is increasingly important in the pursuit of personalized medicine…”
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