2014
Physiological evidence of a deficit to enhance the empathic response in schizophrenia
Corbera S, Ikezawa S, Bell MD, Wexler BE. Physiological evidence of a deficit to enhance the empathic response in schizophrenia. European Psychiatry 2014, 29: 463-472. PMID: 24630376, DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsEmpathic responsesERP responsesPersonal distressRegulatory deficitsLate cognitive componentsSocial cognition processesPictures of handsEffective social interactionsLate ERP responsesOwn emotional engagementCognitive empathyTask demandsPerspective takingCognition processEmpathic conditionEmotional engagementSocial situationsSocial interactionEmpathyPainful situationsSubjective ratingsOwn painPain paradigmDistressIncreasing stimulus duration can normalize late-positive event related potentials in people with schizophrenia: Possible implications for understanding cognitive deficits
Wexler BE, Ikezawa S, Corbera S. Increasing stimulus duration can normalize late-positive event related potentials in people with schizophrenia: Possible implications for understanding cognitive deficits. Schizophrenia Research 2014, 158: 163-169. PMID: 25096541, PMCID: PMC4240766, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsCognitive deficitsMs stimuliStructured Clinical InterviewDSM-IV criteriaModulation of responsesStimulus durationPictures of handsEvent Related PotentialsAdult outpatientsPain stimuliHealthy peoplePatientsClinical InterviewSchizoaffective disorderSchizophreniaMs stimulusSensory inputStimulus onsetSame durationDurationStimuliDeficitsResponseNeutral stimuli
2013
Emotion self-regulation and empathy depend upon longer stimulus exposure
Ikezawa S, Corbera S, Wexler BE. Emotion self-regulation and empathy depend upon longer stimulus exposure. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2013, 9: 1561-1568. PMID: 24064924, PMCID: PMC4187273, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialSelf-regulatory processesEvent-related potentialsEmpathic responsesLate event-related potentialsThreat-related stimuliPain-related stimuliLonger stimulus exposuresLate ERP componentsPictures of handsStimulus exposure durationAttentional modulationERP responsesERP componentsNeural basisBrain processingStimulus exposureTask conditionsStimulus presentationNeutral situationsProcessing existClinical populationsStimulus durationExposure durationJudgment condition