Do patients with schizophrenia consciously recollect emotional events better than neutral events?
OBJECTIVE
The influence of the emotional valence of words on conscious awareness was assessed in patients with schizophrenia.


METHODS
The remember/know procedure was used to test 24 patients with schizophrenia and 24 normal comparison subjects.


RESULTS
Patients' "remember" responses and conscious recollection were more frequent for emotional words than for neutral words. In contrast, the levels of "know" responses and familiarity were independent of emotional words.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with schizophrenia consciously recollected emotional words better than neutral words.
D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003243:Consciousness; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014825:Vocabulary