This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $235,500 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to study decision-making processes in individuals with schizophrenia. The project aims to identify how attentional, behavioral, and cognitive factors impact decision-making, and whether associated neural signals can predict real-world decisions. Key activities include using concurrent fMRI and eye-tracking to characterize attentional processes during evidence integration, testing the impact of cognitive strategies on reward-related brain activation and decision-making, and assessing how daily decisions are influenced by perceived risks and symptom expression. The findings are expected to inform the development of interventions to improve decision-making and reduce the burden of illness for those with schizophrenia. The award period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.
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