Recognition Memory in Psychotic Patients

Preliminary data are reported from experiments in which Warrington's (1984) Recognition Memory Tests were given to patients with misidentification delusions including the Capgras type and to psychotic patients. The results showed a profound impairment on face recognition for most groups, especi...

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Main Authors: H. Ellis, K. De Pauw, G. N. Christodoulou, J.-P. Luaute, E. Bidault, K. Szulecka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1992-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5104
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description Preliminary data are reported from experiments in which Warrington's (1984) Recognition Memory Tests were given to patients with misidentification delusions including the Capgras type and to psychotic patients. The results showed a profound impairment on face recognition for most groups, especially those with the Capgras delusion. It was rare to find a patent whose score on the word test was anything but normal.
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spelling doaj-art-7d4ce71fbba343d9bf9217e2ac4842272025-02-03T01:31:17ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841992-01-0151232610.3233/BEN-1992-5104Recognition Memory in Psychotic PatientsH. Ellis0K. De Pauw1G. N. Christodoulou2J.-P. Luaute3E. Bidault4K. Szulecka5School of Psychology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF1 3YG, UKDepartment of Psychiatry, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, UKDepartment of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, GreeceDepartment of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Romans, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Romans, FranceDepartment of Psychiatry, Bassetlaw District Hospital, UKPreliminary data are reported from experiments in which Warrington's (1984) Recognition Memory Tests were given to patients with misidentification delusions including the Capgras type and to psychotic patients. The results showed a profound impairment on face recognition for most groups, especially those with the Capgras delusion. It was rare to find a patent whose score on the word test was anything but normal.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5104
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