“…Most studies suggest that deficits are more severe in schizophrenia than in BD, although recent data demonstrate significant cognitive heterogeneity in BD that may explain some of the group‐level differences . Convergent data suggest that patients with BD are characterized by deficits across multiple domains, including attention, processing speed, working memory, verbal fluency, verbal memory, and executive functioning (EF), even during periods of affective remission. In line with more pronounced impairment in schizophrenia, several studies suggest that a history of psychosis in patients with BD may deleteriously influence performance on a number of cognitive tasks .…”