JÁNI, Martin, Olga PŁONKA, Artur DAREN, Piotr BŁĄDZIŃSKI, Aneta KALISZ, Mirosław WYCZESANY and Przemysław ADAMCZYK. The neural substrates of diminished humor comprehension in schizophrenia and its relationship with psychopathology. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. Warsaw: NENCKI INST EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021, vol. 81, No 2, p. 181-190. ISSN 0065-1400. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.21307/ane-2021-017.
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Original name The neural substrates of diminished humor comprehension in schizophrenia and its relationship with psychopathology
Authors JÁNI, Martin (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Olga PŁONKA, Artur DAREN, Piotr BŁĄDZIŃSKI, Aneta KALISZ, Mirosław WYCZESANY and Przemysław ADAMCZYK.
Edition Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, Warsaw, NENCKI INST EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2021, 0065-1400.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30103 Neurosciences
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.269
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00121600
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/ane-2021-017
UT WoS 000665479700007
Keywords in English electroencephalography; neuroimaging; psychopathology; schizophrenia; figurative language
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Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia commonly revealed difficulties in understanding humor. Previous research suggested links between impaired humor comprehension, psychopathology symptoms and cognitive deficits. In this study, we investigated the associations between neural substrates of humor processing and psychopathology and cognition in schizophrenia. We assessed 25 schizophrenia outpatients in an functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) procedure and 40 in an electroencephalography (EEG) procedure. A punchline‑based humor comprehension task was used in which outpatients rated stories by their comprehensibility and funniness. The symptom severity and cognition were correlated with activation within the humor processing network using fMRI and effective connectivity using an EEG‑based directed transfer function (DTF) method. More severe positive and disorganization symptoms were associated with impaired humor comprehension and with altered temporo‑parietal effective connectivity during humor processing. More severe excitement and emotional reactivity symptoms were associated with increased activation in the bilateral frontal and temporo‑parietal regions. Moreover, schizophrenia outpatients with better cognitive functioning were more accurate in humor comprehension that was associated with increased fronto‑temporo‑parietal activation and effective connectivity. We found the intensity of humor processing (fMRI) in schizophrenia is related to the level of cognitive abilities and the severity of schizophrenia psychopathology that is also reflected in altered effective connectivity (EEG‑DTF) in the humor processing network.
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