THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF ASSOCIATIVE AND WORKING-MEMORY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

被引:105
作者
SPITZER, M
机构
[1] Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, D-61115
关键词
SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORKING MEMORY; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; LEXICAL DECISION; SEMANTIC PRIMING; DELAYED RESPONSE TASK;
D O I
10.1007/BF02191566
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
A large number of psycholinguistic findings on how human beings store lexical information suggest the existence of associative memory, which may be characterized by a large capacity and a long duration. Its anatomical basis supposedly is, at least in part, the frontal lobes, and some of its functional characteristics have been tentatively linked to dopamine release. Working memory has a limited capacity, lasts only for seconds and is relevant for goal-directed behavior. Its anatomical basis in the frontal cortex is established and strong evidence suggests the involvement of dopaminergic pathways. Experimental evidence using several lexical decision tasks and a delayed response task is provided to demonstrate that some characteristic features of schizophrenic thinking - in particular the rapid shift of associations, the indirect relationship of associations, the overly abstract or overly concrete use of concepts, the lack of context-sensitivity and of general integrative function and intellectual capacity - can be explained in terms of an activation or disinhibition of associative memory, and of a dysfunctional working memory. The findings serve as an example of schizophrenia reserarch in a cognitive neuroscience framework.
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