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Self-imagination can enhance memory in individuals with schizophrenia
Raffard, Stéphane; Bortolon, Catherine; Burca, Mariana et al.
2016In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 21 (2), p. 168-181
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Keywords :
Self-imagining; Article; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Depression; Female; Humans; Imagination; Male; Memory; Memory Disorders; Mental Recall; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenic Psychology; Semantics; Young Adult
Abstract :
[en] Previous research has demonstrated that self-referential strategies can be applied to improve memory in various memoryimpaired populations. However, little is known regarding the relative effectiveness of self-referential strategies in schizophrenia patients. The main aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a new self-referential strategy known as selfimagination (SI) on a free recall task. Methods: Twenty schizophrenia patients and 20 healthy controls intentionally encoded words under five instructions: superficial processing, semantic processing, semantic self-referential processing, episodic self-referential processing and semantic selfimagining. Other measures included depression, psychotic symptoms and cognitive measures. Results: We found a SI effect in memory as self-imagining resulted in better performance in memory retrieval than semantic and superficial encoding in schizophrenia patients. The memory boost for self-referenced information in comparison to semantic processing was not found for other self-referential strategies. In addition no relationship between clinical variables and free recall performances was found. In controls, the SI condition did not result in better performance. The three self-referential strategies yielded better free recall than both superficial and semantic encoding. Conclusions: This study provides evidence of the clinical utility of self-imagining as a mnemonic strategy in schizophrenia patients. © 2016 Taylor and Francis.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Raffard, Stéphane;  Université Montpellier 2 > Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities and Health Behaviors
Bortolon, Catherine;  University of Montpellier
Burca, Mariana;  University of Montpellier
Novara, Caroline;  University of Montpellier
Gely-Nargeot, Marie-Christine;  Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities and Health Behaviors, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Capdevielle, Delphine;  University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hopital de la Colombiere, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, INSERM, Montpellier, France
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Self-imagination can enhance memory in individuals with schizophrenia
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
ISSN :
1354-6805
eISSN :
1464-0619
Publisher :
Routledge
Volume :
21
Issue :
2
Pages :
168-181
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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