A Meta-Analysis of Autobiographical Memory Studies in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Meta-analyses and reviews on cognitive disorders in schizophrenia have shown that the most robust and common cognitive deficits are found in episodic memory and executive functions. More complex memory domains, such as autobiographical memory (AM), are also impaired in schizophrenia, but such impairments are reported less often despite their negative impact on patients' outcome. In contrast to episodic memory, assessed in laboratory tasks, memories of past personal events are much more complex and directly relate to the self. The meta-analysis included 20 studies, 571 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, and 503 comparison subjects. It found moderate-to-large effect sizes with regard to the 3 parameters commonly used to assess AM: memory specificity (g = -0.97), richness of detai

SUBMITTER: Berna F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4681554 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature