Emily Farina, PhD
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2025
Social functioning and frontal alpha asymmetry in schizophrenia
Farina E, Assaf M, Corbera S, Choi J, Yantz C, Chen C. Social functioning and frontal alpha asymmetry in schizophrenia. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2025, 182: 74-82. PMID: 39799666, PMCID: PMC11830537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontal alpha asymmetryAutism spectrum disorderReduced social functioningSocial functioningNeurophysiological markersAlpha asymmetryPsychiatric disordersAtypical social behaviorUnique to schizophreniaSelf-report measuresHealthy controlsResting-state electroencephalogramClinical interviewPsychiatric diagnosisSchizophreniaSpectrum disorderDiagnostic groupsReduced motivationSocial behaviorDisordersEmotional tendencyAnalysis of varianceClinical manifestationsElectroencephalogramAutism
2024
A Computational Account of the Development and Evolution of Psychotic Symptoms
Powers A, Angelos P, Bond A, Farina E, Fredericks C, Gandhi J, Greenwald M, Hernandez-Busot G, Hosein G, Kelley M, Mourgues C, Palmer W, Rodriguez-Sanchez J, Seabury R, Toribio S, Vin R, Weleff J, Woods S, Benrimoh D. A Computational Account of the Development and Evolution of Psychotic Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 97: 117-127. PMID: 39260466, PMCID: PMC11634669, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychotic symptomsSymptom formationEmergence of psychotic symptomsConversion to psychosisPrediction error signalsIncoming sensory informationHallucination severityDiminished signal-to-noise ratioComputational accountPsychiatric interventionNeural systemsHallucinationsIncreasing convictionOver-reliancePsychosisSensory informationLongitudinal developmentSymptomsBelief formationRecent social stress and severity of auditory hallucinations
Farina E, Mourgues-Codern C, Sibarium E, Powers A. Recent social stress and severity of auditory hallucinations. Schizophrenia Research 2024, 269: 64-70. PMID: 38733801, PMCID: PMC11180583, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHearing voicesVoice-hearersAuditory verbal hallucinationsNon-clinical voice-hearersCross-sectional designSocial stressDepressive symptom severitySelf-reported aspectsPsychosocial interventionsAuditory hallucinationsClinical distressAdverse social experiencesHearingSeverity of auditory hallucinationsAdministered self-report measuresRecent stressMedication-resistant auditory verbal hallucinationsDistressRelational demographicsDaily social stressRegression modelsSocial stressorsSymptom severityAuditory experienceHallucination severity
2022
Factors Related to Passive Social Withdrawal and Active Social Avoidance in Schizophrenia
Farina E, Assaf M, Corbera S, Chen C. Factors Related to Passive Social Withdrawal and Active Social Avoidance in Schizophrenia. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2022, 210: 490-496. PMID: 35766542, PMCID: PMC9243431, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-report measuresSocial abilitiesSocial functioningSocial withdrawalSocial cognition tasksActive social avoidancePassive social withdrawalCognition tasksMotivational subtypesSocial motivationSocial avoidanceSchizophrenia spectrumClinical InterviewMotivationSubject studyFunctioningSchizophreniaTaskPotential disconnectActive withdrawalMeasuresAbilityActive motivationAvoidancePassive type
2021
Evoking Reminiscence in Nursing Home Residents with Indirect Cues
Henkel, L.A., Kris, A., & Peters, E. (2021). Evoking reminiscence in nursing home residents with indirect cues. International Journal of Reminiscence and Life Review, 8(1), 1-13.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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