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AuthorHaj M.E.
AuthorGandolphe M.C.
AuthorMoustafa A.A.
AuthorNandrino J.-L.
Available date2020-03-03T06:19:04Z
Publication Date2018
Publication NamePsychiatry Research
ResourceScopus
ISSN1651781
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.06.064
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/13123
AbstractKorsakoff's syndrome (KS) has been associated with a difficulty to retrieve specific autobiographical memories. We investigated whether this difficulty can be alleviated after the retrieval of statements describing self-images. KS patients and control participants were recruited and asked to retrieve autobiographical memories after providing statements to the question ?Who am I?? and after a control condition consisting of verbal fluency. Analysis showed higher autobiographical specificity in the ?Who am I?? than in verbal fluency condition in both patients with KS and control participants. At a theoretical level, our findings demonstrate how retrieval of information related to conceptual self may influence autobiographical memory in KS. At a clinical level, our procedures are important as they demonstrate how a simple task (i.e., ?Who am I?? statements) may serve as a tool to cue specific autobiographical memories in patients with KS.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier Ireland Ltd
SubjectAutobiographical memory
Korsakoff's syndrome
Self
TitleTell about yourself to improve your autobiographical memory: A study of Korsakoff's syndrome
TypeArticle
Pagination37 - 41
Volume Number268
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