| Autor: |
Bentham, A.M. Mortimer P., Mckay, A.P., Quemada, I., Clare, L., Eastwood, N., Mckenna, And P.J. |
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Cognitive Neuropsychiatry; Nov96, Vol. 1 Issue 4, p289-304, 16p |
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The psychopathological basis of delusions in schizophrenia is poorly understood. The most enduring of several early theories has suggested a causal link with formal thought disorder, whereas recent approaches have proposed relationships with a variety of cognitive abnormalities. The correlations of delusions with other schizophrenic symptoms and with cognitive functions including semantic memory, executive function, and also probabilistic reasoning bias, were examined in a series of (overlapping) groups of 43-79 schizophrenic patients. Delusions were found to be significantly correlated with formal thought disorder, with evidence for a particular link between bizarreness and fragmentariness of delusions and ''loosening of association''. Delusions were not significantly correlated with overall intellectual function or memory, although there was some suggestion of a complex interaction between delusions, formal thought disorder, and semantic memory impairment. No association between delusions, formal thought disorder, and any measure of executive function was found. Although, as a group, schizophrenic patients showed evidence of probabilistic reasoning bias, this was unrelated to presence and severity of delusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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