Memory Impairments Identified in People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis Who Later Develop First-Episode Psychosis

Findings suggest that visuospatial processing impairment and some memory deficits were apparent before the full expression of psychotic illness and cognitive performance on more complex tasks requiring rapid registration and efficient recall may be compromised before development of first-episode psychosis.

Abstract

These findings suggest that visuospatial processing impairment and some memory deficits were apparent before the full expression of psychotic illness. Cognitive performance on more complex tasks requiring rapid registration and efficient recall may be compromised before development of first-episode psychosis. Further experimental tasks that challenge these cognitive domains are required to clarify the predictive value of these results.