Symptom Based Treatment Affects Brain Plasticity - the Role of Verbal Auditory Hallucinations

collection of functional brain data for 1 hour per day

Task of the participants is to increase or decrease the connectivity between selected brain regions in double-blind, randomized order. After the regulation they will get a feedback about the regulation success. (Patients and controls with AVH: days 3 \& 4; controls without AVH: Days 2 \& 3)

to assess the mood before and after the fMRI and after 1 week during a telephone interview

to assess the intensity and quality of the hallucinations before and after the fMRI and after 1 week during a telephone interview

questionnaire about life quality after 1 week during a telephone interview