Material-specific discrepancies in verbal and visual episodic memory in borderline personality disorder

Material-specific discrepancies in episodic memory were evaluated in 24 patients with borderline personality disorder. Compared to norms, large discrepancies between verbal and visual episodic memory, measured using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test, respectively, were significantly more frequent among patients, occurring three times more often than in the normative sample. Although visual memory was hypothesized to be more significantly affected, patients showed no consistent decrement to verbal or visual memory.