The effect of implementation intentions on prospective memory performance in patients with schizophrenia: A multinomial modeling approach

Lu Lu Liu, Ya Wang, Ji Fang Cui, Ying Li, Tian Xiao Yang, Tao Chen, David Neumann, Ho Keung David Shum, Raymond CK Chan

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Abstract

Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) consistently show prospective memory (PM) impairments, and the technique of implementation intentions has been shown to improve PM performance in these patients. PM is considered to have prospective and retrospective components. However, it remains unclear which component of PM is impaired in patients with SCZ and which component(s) is facilitated by implementation intentions (II). The present study aimed to examine these two issues. Forty-two patients with SCZ and 42 matched healthy controls were randomly assigned to an II group or a typical instruction group. All participants were administered a color-matching PM task. Results showed that, using a multinomial-modeling approach, patients with SCZ exhibited impairment in the retrospective component of PM. In addition, while II improved the prospective PM component in healthy controls, both prospective and retrospective PM components in patients with SCZ were improved. Together, our results shed light on the mechanism of PM impairment in SCZ patients and the mechanism of II in improving PM performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-125
Number of pages6
JournalSchizophrenia Research
Volume215
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Implementation intentions
  • Multinomial modeling
  • Preparatory attentional and memory process theory
  • Prospective memory
  • Schizophrenia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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