Hmm. I don’t really know! But it’s fun to speculate…
Possibility 1: Like you said, maybe strong short-range cortex-to-cortex communication + weak long-range cortex-to-cortex communication? I haven’t really thought about how that would manifest.
Possibility 2: In terms of positive symptoms specifically, one can ask the question: “weak long-range cortex-to-cortex communication … compared to what?” And my answer is: “…compared to cortex output signals”. See Model of psychosis, take 2.
…Which suggests a hypothesis: someone could have unusually trigger-happy cortex output signals. Then they would have positive schizophrenia symptoms without their long-range cortex-to-cortex communication being especially weak on an absolute scale, and therefore they would have less if any cognitive symptoms.
(I’m not mentioning schizophrenia negative symptoms because I don’t understand those very well.)
I guess Possibility 1 & 2 are not mutually exclusive. There could also be other possibilities I’m not thinking of.
Hmm, “Unusually trigger-happy cortex output signals” theory might explain hypersensitivity too, or maybe not, I’m not sure, I think it depends on details of how it manifests.
Hmm. I don’t really know! But it’s fun to speculate…
Possibility 1: Like you said, maybe strong short-range cortex-to-cortex communication + weak long-range cortex-to-cortex communication? I haven’t really thought about how that would manifest.
Possibility 2: In terms of positive symptoms specifically, one can ask the question: “weak long-range cortex-to-cortex communication … compared to what?” And my answer is: “…compared to cortex output signals”. See Model of psychosis, take 2.
…Which suggests a hypothesis: someone could have unusually trigger-happy cortex output signals. Then they would have positive schizophrenia symptoms without their long-range cortex-to-cortex communication being especially weak on an absolute scale, and therefore they would have less if any cognitive symptoms.
(I’m not mentioning schizophrenia negative symptoms because I don’t understand those very well.)
I guess Possibility 1 & 2 are not mutually exclusive. There could also be other possibilities I’m not thinking of.
Hmm, “Unusually trigger-happy cortex output signals” theory might explain hypersensitivity too, or maybe not, I’m not sure, I think it depends on details of how it manifests.