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ArticleHuman brain mapping2020

Multi-dimensional predictions of psychotic symptoms via machine learning.

Jeremy A Taylor, Kit M Larsen, Marta I Garrido

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Article in Human brain mapping, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Improved patient identification by incorporating symptom severity in deep learning using neuroanatomic images in first episode schizophrenia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jeremy A TaylorMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1527-2725
Kit M LarsenQueensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Marta I GarridoMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function CE140100007Foundation Research Excellence Award 2016001844University of Queensland 2016000071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia comprise a diverse range of heterogeneous symptoms. As a result, individuals each present a distinct set of symptoms despite having the same overall diagnosis. Whilst previous machine learning studies have primarily focused on dichotomous patient-control classification, we predict the severity of each individual symptom on a continuum. We applied machine learning regression within a multi-modal fusion framework to fMRI and behavioural data acquired during an auditory oddball task in 80 schizophrenia patients. Brain activity was highly predictive of some, but not all symptoms, namely hallucinations, avolition, anhedonia and attention. Critically, each of these symptoms was associated with specific functional alterations across different brain regions. We also found that modelling symptoms as an ensemble of subscales was more accurate, specific and informative than models which predict compound scores directly. In principle, this approach is transferrable to any psychiatric condition or multi-dimensional diagnosis.

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Machine LearningAdolescentAdultAnhedoniaAttentionAuditory PerceptionFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingHallucinationsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMotivationPrognosisPsychotic Disordersdimensional diagnosisensemblefMRIfusionregressionschizophrenia

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PMID32870535
PMCPMC7670649

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