title: Conscious recollection in autobiographical memory: an investigation in schizophrenia.
abstract: Whether or not conscious recollection in autobiographical memory is affected in schizophrenia is unknown. The aim of this study was to address this issue using an experiential approach. An autobiographical memory enquiry was used in combination with the Remember/Know procedure. Twenty-two patients with schizophrenia and 22 normal subjects were asked to recall specific autobiographical memories from four lifetime periods and to indicate the subjective states of awareness associated with the recall of what happened, when and where. They gave Remember, Know or Guess responses according to whether they recalled these aspects of the event on the basis of conscious recollection, simply knowing, or guessing. Results showed that the frequency and consistency of Remember responses was significantly lower in patients than in comparison subjects. In contrast, the frequency of Know responses was not significantly different, whereas the frequency of patients' Guess responses was significantly enhanced. It is concluded that the frequency and consistency of conscious recollection in autobiographical memory is reduced in patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unité 405 Psychopathologie et Pharmacologie de la Cognition, Clinique, Psychiatrique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 place de l'Hôpital, BP 426-67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France. jean-marie.danion@chru-strasbourg.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Danion
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuervo
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piolino
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huron
authors.forename: Marielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riutort
authors.forename: Charles Siegfried
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Peretti
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eustache
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001364:Awareness; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003243:Consciousness; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology