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Retrieval Practice and Schizophrenia

NCT02108899 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-07-05

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Summary

When people are tested on a previously learned material, they will later remember it better even when compared to a condition where they can re-study it. This phenomenon is called retrieval practice and is supported by an extensive research literature mostly carried out in normal students. This paradigm begins to be used in cognitive remediation programs in patients suffering from memory difficulties.

The objective of this study is to investigate whether retrieval practice is spared in patients with schizophrenia.

If effective, this method could be used in cognitive remediation programs.

Since episodic memory difficulties are supposed to be secondary to deficits in the initiation/elaboration of efficient encoding and retrieval strategies our hypothesis is that retrieval practice is spared in schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Retrieval practice effect using descriptive stories and free-call tests without feedback

In the first phase (encoding), people study 2 short prose passages covering general scientific topics. In the second phase (initial test), they recall one text or restudy the other one. In the third phase (final test) which takes place 2 days later, they recall both texts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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