Deficit in verbal learning in schizotypal personality disorder

Voglmaier, Martina M.; Seidman, Larry J.; Salisbury, David F.; McCarley, Robert W.

doi:10.1016/0006-3223(94)91111-8

“…These results are consistent with previous CVLT results comparing SPD patients with normal controls in that SPD subjects remembered fewer words. In the previous study, however, their rate of learning was the same as the normal controls’ (Voglmaier et al 1994). The deficits displayed by SPD subjects in that study appeared to be a result of reduced encoding (e.g., entering of information prior to memory consolidation), rather than rapid memory loss.…”

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“…There have been relatively few studies of memory functioning in the schizophrenia spectrum. Reductions in verbal learning have been reported in subjects with SPD (Thaker et al 1991;Voglmaier et al 1994). For example, Voglmaier et al (1994) found that patients with SPD tested with the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT; Delis et al 1987) performed worse than normal control subjects on the first trial of the test and used less semantic clustering than the normal group.…”

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“…Reductions in verbal learning have been reported in subjects with SPD (Thaker et al 1991;Voglmaier et al 1994). For example, Voglmaier et al (1994) found that patients with SPD tested with the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT; Delis et al 1987) performed worse than normal control subjects on the first trial of the test and used less semantic clustering than the normal group. However, the SPD patients' learning rate and the proportion of successfully learned information that they retained at delayed recall were similar to those of the control group.…”

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Verbal Learning and Memory in Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Bergman

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Harvey²,

Roitman³

et al. 1998

Schizophrenia Bulletin

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The investigation of cognitive deficits in patients with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is important both to establish commonalities between SPD and schizophrenia and to clarify the significance of these cognitive deficits for schizophrenic disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine verbal learning and memory with the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) in a group of patients with SPD (n = 24) and a group of patients with personality disorders other than SPD (OPD; n = 25). The results indicated that SPD patients learned significantly fewer words with practice on the CVLT than OPD patients (F = 4.32, df = 1,47, p < 0.05), and their rate of learning was reduced relative to normative standards. These findings suggest that SPD patients have a deficit in verbal learning that is similar to, although not as severe as, the impairments seen in schizophrenia.

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“…There have been relatively few studies of memory functioning in the schizophrenia spectrum. Reductions in verbal learning have been reported in subjects with SPD (Thaker et al 1991;Voglmaier et al 1994). For example, Voglmaier et al (1994) found that patients with SPD Reprint requests should be sent to Dr. A.J.…”

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Verbal learning and memory in schizotypal personality disorder

Bergman¹,

Harvey²,

Roitman³

et al. 1996

Biological Psychiatry

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The investigation of cognitive deficits in patients with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is important both to establish commonalities between SPD and schizophrenia and to clarify the significance of these cognitive deficits for schizophrenic disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine verbal learning and memory with the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) in a group of patients with SPD (n = 24) and a group of patients with personality disorders other than SPD (OPD; n = 25). The results indicated that SPD patients learned significantly fewer words with practice on the CVLT than OPD patients (F = 4.32, df = 1,47, p < 0.05), and their rate of learning was reduced relative to normative standards. These findings suggest that SPD patients have a deficit in verbal learning that is similar to, although not as severe as, the impairments seen in schizophrenia.

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