title: Destination memory in schizophrenia: "Did I told Elvis Presley about the thief?"
abstract: Destination memory refers to the ability to remember to whom a piece of information was previously transmitted. Our paper assessed this ability in schizophrenia. Twenty-five patients with schizophrenia and 25 control participants told proverbs (e.g., "send a thief to catch a thief") to pictures of celebrities (e.g., Elvis Presley). Afterward, participants had to indicate to which celebrity they had previously said the proverbs. Participants also completed a binding task in which they were required to associate letters with their corresponding context (i.e., location). Analysis revealed worse destination memory and binding in patients with schizophrenia than in controls. In both populations, destination memory was significantly correlated with performances on the binding task. Our findings suggest difficulty in the ability to attribute information to its appropriate destination in schizophrenia. This difficulty may be related to compromise in binding separate cues together to form a coherent representation of an event in memory.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Lille, CNRS, CHU Lille, UMR 9193 - SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: mohamad.elhaj@univ-lille3.fr.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Haj
authors.affiliation: Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors, University of Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.affiliation: Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors, University of Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France; University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hôpital de la Colombière, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier-1 University, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bortolon
authors.affiliation: University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hôpital de la Colombière, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier-1 University, Montpellier, France; INSERM U-1061, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capdevielle
authors.affiliation: Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors, University of Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France; University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hôpital de la Colombière, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier-1 University, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raffard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001244:Association; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003463:Cues; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
keywords: Binding; Context memory; Destination memory; Episodic memory; Schizophrenia