Journal article
Symptoms and interference from memory in schizophrenia: evaluation of Frith's model of willed action
Schizophrenia research, Vol.69(1), pp.35-43
07/01/2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.08.012
PMID: 15145469
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to test Frith's [The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia, 1992. Erlbaum (UK) Taylor and Francis, East Sussex] model which states that certain symptoms of schizophrenia arise from diminished capacity to regulate willed (goal-directed) and stimulus-driven action systems. A total of 107 patients were administered the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), a task that on interference trials requires individuals to recall target material while suppressing non-target distracting stimuli from memory. Symptom ratings were obtained using the SANS/SAPS [Andreasen, N.C., 1984. Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms/Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms [Manual] University of Iowa Press, Iowa City]. It was predicted that (1) negative symptoms would result in diminished recall, reflecting compromised activation of the willed action system, and (2) disorganized symptoms would be associated with heightened interference susceptibility resulting from diminished ability to suppress the stimulus-driven action system. Results revealed that diminished recall was related to negative, but not disorganized or positive symptoms. Symptom ratings were also evaluated in a subset of patients with intrusion error data (n=38). In this subset, it was found that patients who committed intrusion errors on the interference trials evidenced more disorganized, but not negative or positive symptoms, than individuals failing to commit such errors. These findings provide some support for Frith's hypothesis that impaired regulation of action systems may underlie some of the specific symptoms and cognitive impairments of this illness.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Symptoms and interference from memory in schizophrenia: evaluation of Frith's model of willed action
- Creators
- Ivan J Torres - Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University and Riverview Hospital, 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6. itorres@sfu.caDaniel S O'LearyNancy C Andreasen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Schizophrenia research, Vol.69(1), pp.35-43
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.schres.2003.08.012
- PMID
- 15145469
- ISSN
- 0920-9964
- eISSN
- 1573-2509
- Grant note
- MH31593 / NIMH NIH HHS MH40856 / NIMH NIH HHS MH19113 / NIMH NIH HHS MHCRC 43271 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984003980602771
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