Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Participants must be able to sufficiently speak and understand English so as to be able to understand and complete cognitive tasks.
- * All subjects must have the ability to give valid informed consent.
- Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Schizophrenia Only:
- * Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizophreniform or schizoaffective disorder
- * No medication changes in the prior month
- * No medication changes anticipated in the upcoming month
- * Stable outpatient or partial hospital status
- * Normal IQ (\>70; IQ will be measured by administering the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) test)
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Pacemakers
- * Implanted electrical (brain and spinal) stimulators
- * Implanted defibrillator
- * Metallic implants
- * Skin damage or skin conditions such as eczema at the sites where electrodes will be placed
- * Hair styles hindering the placement of electrodes
- * Cranial pathologies
- * Head trauma
- * Epilepsy
- * Mental retardation
- * Any known history of neurological disorders (including epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke, cerebral palsy, any DSM-5 axis I psychiatric disorder (for healthy control subjects), autism)
- * Uncorrected vision problems that would hinder cognitive testing (this also pertains to subjects with color blindness in tasks where discriminating colored objects/items is necessary for successful performance)
- * Pregnancy
- * Substance dependence in the past six months
- * Substance abuse in the past month
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to 50 Years (ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes