Memory Deficits in Schizophrenic Patients

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Running head: DEFICITS OF SEVERAL ASPECTS OF MEMORY IN SCHIZOPHRENICS IN OPPOSITION WITH NORMAL PERSONS Abstract This paper explores the several aspects of the memory that are malfunctioning in schizophrenic patients. It is a matter of investigating the patients’ delayed reaction times and less accuracy in performing memory-related task, and how some patients perform memory tasks as nothing but a mere cognitive task. Five experiments are discussed to realize this issue properly; details of them are stated to facilitate understanding. These experiments involve several forms of the memory. For instance, one discusses verbal memory and the other working memory. Of course, these patients are compared to a group of normal individuals to realize the deficits of their memories. Memory in Schizophrenics A prevailing issue in cognitive psychology, since the existence of the field, is the functioning of the memory, and the reasons behind its deficiency in certain persons. Experimenters conducted research on schizophrenics and normal controls in a hope of trying to unlock the mysteries of the memory. Memory plays a large role in persons’ daily lives; it is a means of being. How does the memory function? What does its malfunction lead to? These questions cause researchers to be intrigued and try to unveil the answers. Quite a bundle of research has been done since the 1990s up until our day. Individuals such as Donders and George Miller have had a large impact on such research; the latter, for instance, discovered the capacity of working memory, 7 +/- 2 digits – magic number (Miller, 1956). Recent research has identified that memory in schizophrenia patients is impaired, whether it be short-term memory, verbal memory or long-term memory. These patients perform a bit worse than normal people based on several experiments conducted to be discussed in the

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