Intellectual factors in false memories of patients with schizophrenia

True memory impairment is well established in patients with schizophrenia. A meta-analysis study suggested that patients with schizophrenia have generalized memory deficits, including impairments in verbal and nonverbal recognition (Aleman  et al., 1999). Moreover, memory impairments in patients with schizophrenia have been linked to deficits in prefrontal and hippocampal brain activation (Ragland et al., 2015). There is, however, an ongoing debate regarding whether patients with schizophrenia have more false memories than do healt hy controls (Elvevåg et al., 2004; Moritz et al., 2004; Moritz et al., 2006; Pernot-Marino et al., 2010).

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bi Zhu, Chuansheng Chen, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Qi Dong, Chongde Lin, Jun Li Source Type: research