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Aberrant hierarchical prediction errors are associated with transition to psychosis: A computational single-trial analysis of the mismatch negativity

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Hauke, Daniel J., Charlton, Colleen E., Schmidt, André, Griffiths, John, Woods, Scott W., Ford, Judith M., Srihari, Vinod H., Roth, Volker +2 more·2022·Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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Background: Mismatch negativity (MMN) reductions are among the most reliable biomarkers for schizophrenia and have been associated with increased risk for conversion to psychosis in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P). Here, we adopt a computational approach to develop a mechanistic model of MMN reductions in CHR-P individuals and patients early in the course of schizophrenia (ESZ). Methods: Electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded in 38 CHR-P individuals (15 converters), 19 ESZ patients (≤5 years), and 44 healthy controls (HC) during three different auditory oddball MMN paradigms including 10% duration-, frequency-, or double-deviants, respectively. We modelled sensory learning with the hierarchical Gaussian filter and extracted precision-weighted prediction error trajectories from the model to assess how the expression of hierarchical prediction errors modulated EEG amplitudes over sensor space and time. Results: Both low-level sensory and high-level volatility precision-weighted prediction errors were altered in CHR-P and ESZ groups compared to HC. Furthermore, low-level precision-weighted prediction errors were significantly different in CHR-P that later converted to psychosis compared to non-converters. Conclusions: Our results implicate altered processing of hierarchical prediction errors as a computational mechanism in early psychosis consistent with predictive coding accounts of psychosis. This computational model appears to capture pathophysiological mechanisms relevant to early psychosis and the risk for future psychosis in CHR-P individuals, and may serve as a predictive biomarker and mechanistic target for novel treatment development.

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Hauke, D. J., Charlton, C. E., Schmidt, A., Griffiths, J., Woods, S. W., Ford, J. M., Srihari, V. H., Roth, V., Diaconescu, A. O., & Mathalon, D. H.
Affiliations
  • University College London (GB)
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • Yale University (US)
  • San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Hauke, Daniel J.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2022-12-20
Volume
8
Issue
12
Pages
1176-1185
ISSN
2451-9022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4385446803
Cited by
18
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3
FWCI
3.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (1IK6CX002519)
  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (200054, 167952)
  • Krembil Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (MH076989)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH103831, U01MH076989, R01MH076989)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
mismatch negativity, clinical high risk for psychosis, transition to psychosis, schizophrenia, prediction error, hierarchical Gaussian filter, predictive coding, auditory oddball paradigm, sensory learning, early psychosis, biomarkers, computational modeling
MeSH terms
Electroencephalography, Humans, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Biomarkers

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