Working memory hinders learning in schizophrenia

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 11:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Trouble with working memory makes a distinct contribution to the difficulty people with schizophrenia sometimes have in learning, according to a new study. The researchers employed a specially designed experiment and computational models to distinguish the roles of working memory and reinforcement learning.

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