Working memory in schizophrenia: transient "online" storage versus executive functioning.
Schizophr Bull
; 27(1): 157-76, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
Working memory has been described as the temporary "online" storage and the subsequent manipulation and retrieval of information. It has been suggested that the prefrontal cortex is a primary site of working memory. Schizophrenia patients, who are thought to have prefrontal cortical dysfunction, have demonstrated inconsistent deficits on a variety of verbal and spatial working memory tests. This has led to questions about how to define and measure working memory, whether these deficits are distinct to one cognitive domain, and what role factors such as intelligence and symptoms play in working memory performance. We compared schizophrenia patients to normal comparison subjects in four separate studies. Based upon the results we recommend that working memory tests be characterized as either transient "online" storage and retrieval tasks (where short-term storage and retrieval of information is required) or executive-functioning working memory tasks (where storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information is required). The importance of clearly identifying which distinct aspects of working memory are assessed is discussed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Lobo Frontal
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Memória
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Processos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Schizophr Bull
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article