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Explicit Memory and Repetition Priming in DepressionPreliminary Findings
Jean-Marie Danion, MD;
Dominique Willard-Schroeder, MSc;
Marie-Agathe Zimmermann, MD;
Danielle Grange, MSc;
Jean-Louis Schlienger, MD;
Léonar Singer, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1991;48(8):707-711.
Abstract
• Explicit memory and repetition priming, a form of implicit memory, were examined in depressed patients and controls. Explicit memory of depressed patients was severely impaired, whereas repetition priming was intact. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the impairment of memory in depression is linked to a failure of effortdemanding cognitive processes. Repetition priming might be useful in differentiating between depression and dementia.
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry (Drs Danion, Singer, and Zimmermann and Ms Willard-Schroeder) and the Internal Medicine Service (Dr Schlienger), University Hospital, and the Statistical Unit, CNRS Computer Center (Ms Grangé), Strasbourg, France.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 24, 1990.
Reprint requests to Departement de Psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France (Dr Danion).
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