ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 7 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
Gregory Strauss' plans to become a fiction writer were derailedby undergraduate research.
As an English major atthe University of Georgia, Strauss joined the laboratory of Lloyd Stephen Miller, where he encountered some of the first neuroimaging studies of schizophrenia.
The science fascinated him. The patients stayed with him.
"I was drawn to studying schizophrenia when I learned about negative symptoms," Strauss said.
Negative symptoms - including reduced motivation, diminished emotional expression and social withdrawal - often have a greater impact on daily life than hallucinations or delusions. Yet they remain among the most difficult symptoms to tr...