VSE Press NIU’s press service, 22 bipolar disorder and 27 healthy volunteers participated in the study. A simple computer game was presented to the participants to choose between red and blue images to earn maximum points. However, the probability of winning has changed in several tours, and players had to adjust their decisions on time.
At the same time, scientists followed the activity of the brain of the participants using magnetic encephalography. It turned out that patients with bipolar disorder were more frequently wrong because they predicted the changes in the game environment. These perception deterioration were preserved even during remission periods when there is no external symptoms of the disease.
In addition, patients showed differences in the work of the brain fields responsible for making decisions – medial prefrontal, orbifrontal and cafe waist cortex.
Source: Ferra
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