Fig. 2: Illustration of the clinical trial setup.

Reproduced from Chapellier et al. [42] “Brain Stimulation and Group Therapy to Improve Gesture and Social Skills in Schizophrenia-The Study Protocol of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Three-Arm, Double-Blind Trial”, Frontiers in Psychiatry, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Both real and sham cTBS treatment arms underwent 10 sessions of neurostimulation, while all treatment arms participated in 16 sessions of SCRT. cTBS continuous theta burst stimulation. SCRT social cognitive remediation therapy.