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[Cognitive models of the schizophrenic thought].
1Service de psychiatrie (adultes), groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
La Revue Du Praticien
|March 1, 1991
Summary
Cognitive models help understand schizophrenia thought disorders. A disturbance in action planning may explain these complex cognitive and speech abnormalities, integrating psycholinguistic and attentional perspectives.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Psycholinguistics
- Clinical psychology
Context:
- Schizophrenia is characterized by significant thought and speech disorders.
- Existing cognitive models, including psycholinguistic and attentional approaches, have attempted to explain these disturbances.
- No single model has definitively prevailed in explaining the complexities of schizophrenic thought disorders.
Purpose:
- To review and synthesize cognitive models used to understand schizophrenia's thought disorders.
- To explore the potential of action planning as a unifying explanatory framework.
- To identify methodologies for validating hypotheses regarding cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia.
Summary:
- Cognitive models offer frameworks for investigating schizophrenia's thought disorders.
- Psycholinguistic models attribute disturbances to speech components, while attentional models link them to attention deficits.
- Emerging evidence suggests a potential role for action planning deficits in explaining thought process disorders in schizophrenia.
Impact:
- Provides a consolidated view of cognitive modeling in schizophrenia research.
- Highlights action planning as a promising area for future investigation.
- Informs the development of more targeted diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for schizophrenia.