Prospective Memory
ABSTRACT
Prospective memory in schizophrenia: A review.The wide range of psychological and cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia can often affect the level of independence that individuals with schizophrenia can achieve in their lives. Prospective memory (PM), or memory associated with future intentions, has been proposed as a useful indicator of select independent living skills. Currently, there is limited research with regards toprospective memory in schizophrenia. The current review systematically summarizes the literature focusing on prospective memory in schizophrenia and concludes that individuals with schizophrenia exhibited both an impairment in PM when compared to healthy controls and a general lack of awareness regarding these deficits. The existing research also suggests that PM deficits are not related to chronicity of illness or medications associated with schizophrenia. Limited findings suggest that PM deficits in individuals with schizophrenia may be associated with the ability to live independently and instrumental activities of daily living. [Ordemann, Opper, & Davalos (2014). Schizophrenia Research, Epub ahead of print.]
FURTHER READING
Prospective memory in schizophrenia: A review.The wide range of psychological and cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia can often affect the level of independence that individuals with schizophrenia can achieve in their lives. Prospective memory (PM), or memory associated with future intentions, has been proposed as a useful indicator of select independent living skills. Currently, there is limited research with regards toprospective memory in schizophrenia. The current review systematically summarizes the literature focusing on prospective memory in schizophrenia and concludes that individuals with schizophrenia exhibited both an impairment in PM when compared to healthy controls and a general lack of awareness regarding these deficits. The existing research also suggests that PM deficits are not related to chronicity of illness or medications associated with schizophrenia. Limited findings suggest that PM deficits in individuals with schizophrenia may be associated with the ability to live independently and instrumental activities of daily living. [Ordemann, Opper, & Davalos (2014). Schizophrenia Research, Epub ahead of print.]
FURTHER READING
- "Forgetting to remember" in Huntington's disease: a study of laboratory, semi-naturalistic, and self-perceptions of prospective memory. [Nicoll, et al. (2014). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20(2): 192-199.]
- Event-based prospective memory in newly diagnosed, drug-naive Parkinson's disease patients. [Pagni, et al. (2011). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17(6): 1158-1162.]
- Prospective memory functioning: a new area of investigation in the clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Review of evidence. [Costa, Carlesimo, & Caltagirone (2012). Neurological Sciences, 33(5): 965-972.]
- Remember to buy milk on the way home! A meta-analytic review of prospective memory in mild cognitive impairment and dementia. [van den Berg, Kant, & Postma (2012). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18(4): 706-716.]
- The assessment and rehabilitation of prospective memory problems in people with neurological disorders: a review.[Fish, Wilson, & Manly (2010). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 20(2): 161-179.]
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