Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This paper reports first results of a simulation of language pathology in schizophrenia.Using DISCERN, a subsymbolic model of story understanding and recall, the impact of different simulated lesions hypothesized to underlie schizophrenia is investigated.In response to excessive connection pruning, the model reproduces symptoms of delusions and disorganized language seen in schizophrenia, as well as the reduced output seen in compensated later states of the disorder.The effects of other lesions are less consistent with the symptoms of schizophrenia.The model therefore forms a promising basis for future computational investigations into the underlying causes of schizophrenia.
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W188306249