very cool article I also have spent a good portion of my life thinking about what schizophrenia is and have spent a smaller and more recent portion of my life thinking of ways to describe differences in cognition
I reeeeally like ur explanation of computational subtypes cuz it addresses the question of "why is schizophrenia simultaneously associated with a failure to change beliefs based on new information and ALSO a failure to maintain "normal" beliefs about the external world"
I've always wondered what it would be like if your brain told you something arbitrary was relevant. If you fully believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that red ties were an important clue you could not ignore, then perhaps it would be rational to believe there was a crypto-communist party who was conspiring against you (as John Nash believed)
Thank you Dr. Halassa. I read elsewhere that as many as 1% of the global population may suffer from schizophrenia. In the US alone that would mean three and a half million cases, few of whom may be receiving the help they need. It's good to know that this is now the subject of intensive research, instead of the doctor saying, "These pills should help. Nurse, send the next patient in."
very cool article I also have spent a good portion of my life thinking about what schizophrenia is and have spent a smaller and more recent portion of my life thinking of ways to describe differences in cognition
I reeeeally like ur explanation of computational subtypes cuz it addresses the question of "why is schizophrenia simultaneously associated with a failure to change beliefs based on new information and ALSO a failure to maintain "normal" beliefs about the external world"
I've always wondered what it would be like if your brain told you something arbitrary was relevant. If you fully believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that red ties were an important clue you could not ignore, then perhaps it would be rational to believe there was a crypto-communist party who was conspiring against you (as John Nash believed)
Thank you Dr. Halassa. I read elsewhere that as many as 1% of the global population may suffer from schizophrenia. In the US alone that would mean three and a half million cases, few of whom may be receiving the help they need. It's good to know that this is now the subject of intensive research, instead of the doctor saying, "These pills should help. Nurse, send the next patient in."