BACKGROUND: The context memory deficit hypothesis of schizophrenia postulates that the long-term deficit associated with this disorder is related to a memory impairment for contextual information. METHOD: To test this hypothesis, memory for temporal context was assessed in 33 patients with schizophrenia and 33 normal subjects, using a recency discrimination task. RESULTS: Whereas patients were able to recall and recognise target items, they were unable to recognise from among the target items those which had been most recently learned. CONCLUSIONS: Schizophrenia is associated with a temporal context memory deficit.
BACKGROUND: The context memory deficit hypothesis of schizophrenia postulates that the long-term deficit associated with this disorder is related to a memory impairment for contextual information. METHOD: To test this hypothesis, memory for temporal context was assessed in 33 patients with schizophrenia and 33 normal subjects, using a recency discrimination task. RESULTS: Whereas patients were able to recall and recognise target items, they were unable to recognise from among the target items those which had been most recently learned. CONCLUSIONS:Schizophrenia is associated with a temporal context memory deficit.
Authors: Francesca Managò; Maddalena Mereu; Surjeet Mastwal; Rosa Mastrogiacomo; Diego Scheggia; Marco Emanuele; Maria A De Luca; Daniel R Weinberger; Kuan Hong Wang; Francesco Papaleo Journal: Cell Rep Date: 2016-08-11 Impact factor: 9.423
Authors: Anthony P Weiss; Donald C Goff; Margaret Duff; Joshua L Roffman; Daniel L Schacter Journal: Schizophr Res Date: 2007-07-12 Impact factor: 4.939