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Impairment of story memory organization in patients with schizophrenia
Author(s) -
MATSUI MIÉ,
SUMIYOSHI TOMIKI,
ABE RIE,
KATO KANADE,
YUUKI HIROMI,
KURACHI MASAYOSHI
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01675.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , wechsler memory scale , psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , memory impairment , logical address , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , physical address , computer science , programming language , overlay
The aim of the present paper was to examine the organization of story memory in schizophrenia. Participants were 35 patients with schizophrenia and 24 healthy subjects who completed the Wechsler Memory Scale–Revised. The organization of story memory was evaluated with the Logical Memory subtest. Schizophrenia patients scored significantly lower than controls on thematic sequencing, and significant negative correlations were found between positive symptoms and thematic sequencing. These findings suggest that schizophrenia has deficits in organization of story memory, which are related to symptoms such as disorganized thoughts and behavior.