Source monitoring deficits in hallucinating compared to non-hallucinating patients with schizophrenia

Eur Psychiatry. 2006 Jun;21(4):259-61. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.01.015. Epub 2006 Mar 20.

Abstract

In two source memory tests, hallucinating patients with schizophrenia (N=30), compared to non-hallucinating (N=31), are impaired in recognizing internal self-generated items and misattribute them to an external event. They are not impaired in recognizing events from two internal sources. Results support a selective source-monitoring deficit in the occurrence of auditory hallucinations.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / physiopathology*
  • Hallucinations / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Internal-External Control*
  • Male
  • Memory / physiology
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Schizophrenia / physiopathology*
  • Schizophrenic Psychology*