Psychological factors in retrograde amnesia: Self-deception and a broken heart

Amee Baird; Ryan McKay

doi:10.1080/13554790802422120

Psychological factors in retrograde amnesia

Self-deception and a broken heart

Amee Baird, Ryan McKay^*

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Abstract

We explored potential contributing psychological factors in a patient ('XF') with focal retrograde amnesia, within the framework proposed by Kopelman (2000, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 17, 585). In particular, we investigated the psychological trait of self-enhancement. We constructed a self-report questionnaire measure of self-enhancement and compared XF's score on this measure with the scores of 61 control participants. XF was found to have a significantly greater level of self-enhancement than the entire control group, and also than a smaller sample of age- and sex-matched controls. We propose that heightened self-enhancement may reflect a premorbid tendency that potentially predisposes individuals to develop retrograde amnesia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	400-413
Number of pages	14
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790802422120
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Positive illusions
Self-enhancement
Self-report measures

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Baird, A., & McKay, R. (2008). Psychological factors in retrograde amnesia: Self-deception and a broken heart. Neurocase, 14(5), 400-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790802422120

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