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Metacognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders—Current Methods and Approaches

Metacognition essentially represents “thinking about thinking”, or the individual’s capacity to control and monitor their own cognitive processes. Metacognition impairment in schizophrenia represents a core feature of the disease, and, in the last fifteen years, the subject has evolved into a growin...

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Autores principales: Lungu, Petru Fabian, Lungu, Corina-Miruna, Ciobîcă, Alin, Balmus, Ioana Miruna, Boloș, Alexandra, Dobrin, Romeo, Luca, Alina Costina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10377717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13071004
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author Lungu, Petru Fabian
Lungu, Corina-Miruna
Ciobîcă, Alin
Balmus, Ioana Miruna
Boloș, Alexandra
Dobrin, Romeo
Luca, Alina Costina
author_facet Lungu, Petru Fabian
Lungu, Corina-Miruna
Ciobîcă, Alin
Balmus, Ioana Miruna
Boloș, Alexandra
Dobrin, Romeo
Luca, Alina Costina
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description Metacognition essentially represents “thinking about thinking”, or the individual’s capacity to control and monitor their own cognitive processes. Metacognition impairment in schizophrenia represents a core feature of the disease, and, in the last fifteen years, the subject has evolved into a growing study area concentrating on a wide variety of processes, such as clinical insight, autobiographical memory, cognitive beliefs, reasoning, and memory biases. Since metacognition is a complex subject, we wanted to focus on the different nuances of metacognition transposed into the lives of patients diagnosed with either schizophrenia or a schizoaffective disorder. Therefore, this narrative review aims to analyze the literature in order to provide an insight regarding the current methods and approaches in the study of metacognition in schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders, as well as the results provided. Results from the reviewed studies showed that patients with schizophrenia have a lower metacognitive ability, which is strongly reflected in their lives. Studies to date have highlighted the interaction between schizophrenia symptoms and metacognition, which shows how metacognition impacts work performance, autobiographical memory, motivation, the severity of symptoms, and social cognition.
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spelling pubmed-103777172023-07-29 Metacognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders—Current Methods and Approaches Lungu, Petru Fabian Lungu, Corina-Miruna Ciobîcă, Alin Balmus, Ioana Miruna Boloș, Alexandra Dobrin, Romeo Luca, Alina Costina Brain Sci Review Metacognition essentially represents “thinking about thinking”, or the individual’s capacity to control and monitor their own cognitive processes. Metacognition impairment in schizophrenia represents a core feature of the disease, and, in the last fifteen years, the subject has evolved into a growing study area concentrating on a wide variety of processes, such as clinical insight, autobiographical memory, cognitive beliefs, reasoning, and memory biases. Since metacognition is a complex subject, we wanted to focus on the different nuances of metacognition transposed into the lives of patients diagnosed with either schizophrenia or a schizoaffective disorder. Therefore, this narrative review aims to analyze the literature in order to provide an insight regarding the current methods and approaches in the study of metacognition in schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders, as well as the results provided. Results from the reviewed studies showed that patients with schizophrenia have a lower metacognitive ability, which is strongly reflected in their lives. Studies to date have highlighted the interaction between schizophrenia symptoms and metacognition, which shows how metacognition impacts work performance, autobiographical memory, motivation, the severity of symptoms, and social cognition. MDPI 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10377717/ /pubmed/37508936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13071004 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Metacognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders—Current Methods and Approaches
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