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The Relationships Between Dissociation, Attention, and Memory Dysfunction.

Osman Özdemir1, Pınar Güzel Özdemir1, Murat Boysan2

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey.

Noro Psikiyatri Arsivi
|April 1, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Dissociative experiences negatively impact memory performance, particularly verbal and long-term memory. Lower levels of dissociation correlate with better memory recall and recognition in healthy adults.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Dissociation involves disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, and perception.
  • Common dissociative symptoms include derealization, depersonalization, absorption, and amnesia.
  • Research on dissociation and memory performance is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between dissociative experiences, attention, and memory performance.
  • To examine the association between subtypes of dissociation and cognitive function.
  • To explore these links in a non-clinical community sample.

Main Methods:

  • Studied 60 healthy volunteers.
  • Administered the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Stroop Color Word Interference Test, and Dissociative Experience Scale.
Keywords:
Dissociative experiencescognitive functionsmemoryneuropsychological tests

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  • Analyzed relationships between dissociation subtypes and neuropsychological memory assessments.

    • Main Results:

    • Verbal memory showed a negative association with dissociative experiences.
    • Pathological dissociation, especially amnesia and depersonalization/derealization, was inversely linked to general and long-term memory.
    • Low dissociators outperformed high dissociators in verbal, general, and long-term memory, but not recognition.

    Conclusions:

    • Significant linkages exist between dissociative experiences and memory performance.
    • Dissociation subtypes differentially affect various memory functions.
    • Findings highlight the cognitive impact of dissociation in the general population.