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cc-by (c) Elleby Jespersen, Andreas et al., 2026
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Readiness to change: Exploring clinical, cognitive and neural predictors of treatment efficacy following virtual reality-based cognitive remediation in mood and schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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Background: Virtual reality-based cognitive remediation therapy (VR-CRT) offers an ecologically valid approach to enhance real-world cognitive functioning in mood disorders (MD) or schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). This study investigated baseline cognitive, clinical, and neural predictors of VR-CRT response in MD and SSD. Methods: Sixty-two MD and SSD participants were randomized to receive four-week VR-CRT or control with assessments at baseline, treatment completion (week 5), and follow-up (week 17). Univariate general linear models examined predictors of VR-CRT improvement on daily-life cognitive skills, assessed using the Cognition Assessment in Virtual Reality (CAVIR). Predictors included age, diagnosis, baseline cognition, IQ-cognition discrepancy, dorsal prefrontal cortex (dPFC) activation during a working memory task, functional connectivity within the dorsal attention (DAN) and salience (SAL) networks, subjective cognition, and technological acceptance. Results: Higher IQ-cognition discrepancy at baseline (i.e., better cognitive performance than expected from premorbid IQ) predicted greater treatment efficacy at treatment completion (β = 0.17, p = 0.045) and follow-up (β = 0.21, p = 0.008), while baseline cognition was not associated with treatment response (ps ≥ 0.15). Higher baseline dPFC activity predicted more improvements at both times (β = 2.27 p = 0.03; β = 1.82; p = 0.048, respectively). Higher DAN-SAL connectivity predicted improvements at treatment completion (β = 2.81 p = 0.047), but not at follow-up (p = 0.38). Age, sex, diagnosis, subjective cognition, and technological acceptance were not associated with cognitive change. Conclusions: Better cognitive performance than expected based on IQ, possibly reflecting higher cognitive fitness, and greater task-related engagement of dPFC may enhance VR-CRT responsiveness. This profile may indicate greater readiness for change and propensity to translate cognitive strategies into daily life.

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ELLEBY JESPERSEN, Andreas, MONTEJO EGIDO, Laura, DAMGAARD, Viktoria, MACOVEANU, Julian, FORTEA, Lydia, Vinberg. Maj, GLENTHØJ, Louise birkedal, NORDENTOFT, Merete, KNUDSEN, Gitte maegaard, WÆHRENS, Eva ejlersen, LUMBYE, Anders, VIETA I PASCUAL, Eduard, MISKOWIAK, K.w.. Readiness to change: Exploring clinical, cognitive and neural predictors of treatment efficacy following virtual reality-based cognitive remediation in mood and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. _Journal of Affective Disorders_. 2026. Vol. 403. [consulta: 31 de març de 2026]. ISSN: 0165-0327. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/228435]

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