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- Title
- Neuropsychological characteristics associated with olfactory hallucinations in schizophrenia
- Related
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol. 18, Issue 5, (2012), p.799-808
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1355617712000471
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date
- 2012
- Author/Creator
- Arguedas, Deborah
- Author/Creator
- Langdon, Robyn
- Author/Creator
- Stevenson, Richard
- Description
- Olfactory hallucinations (OHs) are present in a significant minority of people with schizophrenia, yet these symptoms are under-researched and poorly understood. This study aimed to identify the neuropsychological impairments that associate with OHs in schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were classified into an OH group and a group with auditory-verbal hallucinations (AVHs) and no lifetime history of OHs. Patients were age-and gender-matched to a healthy control group. All participants were assessed using: a test of odor identification; decision-making and socio-emotional tests of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and amygdala function; and a battery of standardized executive tests. Patients, as a whole, performed more poorly than controls on the tests of odor identification, emotion processing and executive function, consistent with previous research. Only two tests of OFC functioning: the Object Alternation Task, taken from Oscar-Berman and Zola-Morgan's (1980a, 1980b) Comparative Neuropsychological Tasks, and a test of faux pas understanding discriminated between the OH and AVH patients. Findings provide the first preliminary support for OH-specific neuropsychological impairments associated with OFC dysfunction in schizophrenia.
- Description
- 10 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- Amygdala function
- Subject Keyword
- Hallucinations
- Subject Keyword
- Olfactory processing
- Subject Keyword
- Orbitofrontal function
- Subject Keyword
- Psychosis
- Subject Keyword
- Schizophrenia spectrum
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Psychology
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/194800
- Identifier
- ISSN:1355-6177
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-84865983915
- Language
- eng
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