Verbal memory impairment in schizophrenia: no sparing of short-term recall.
Verbal memory function was assessed in 27 schizophrenic patients and 19 healthy control subjects matched for premorbid IQ and age using a test battery comprising measures of short-term, long-term and source memory. Patients were also rated for positive and negative symptoms. Results indicated that the patient group evinced poorer performance on all tests of short-term memory, and most tests of long-term memory, and that these differences remained when current IQ was introduced as a covariate. Within the patient group, overall verbal memory performance was associated only with a negative symptoms. Results are discussed in the context of a generalised neuropsychological deficit in schizophrenia.
Stirling
J D
JD
Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Hellewell
J S
JS
Hewitt
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D014825:Vocabulary