Retrieval practice improves memory in patients with schizophrenia: new perspectives for cognitive remediation.
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Date publication
novembre 2019
Journal
BMC psychiatry
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MEYER Nicolas
Tous les auteurs :
Jantzi C, Mengin AC, Serfaty D, Bacon E, Elowe J, Severac F, Meyer N, Berna F, Vidailhet P
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Résumé
Schizophrenia is associated with severe cognitive deficits, particularly episodic memory deficits, that interfere with patients' socio-professional functioning. Retrieval practice (also known as testing effect) is a well-established episodic memory strategy that involves taking an initial memory test on a previously learned material. Testing later produces robust long-term memory improvements in comparison to the restudy of the same material both in healthy subjects and in some clinical populations with memory deficits. While retrieval practice might represent a relevant cognitive remediation strategy in patients with schizophrenia, studies using optimal procedures to explore the benefits of retrieval practice in this population are still lacking. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to investigate the benefits of retrieval practice in patients with schizophrenia.
Mots clés
Schizophrenia, cognitive remediation, memory, retrieval practice, testing effect
Référence
BMC Psychiatry. 2019 Nov 11;19(1):355