Prior Trial Effects on Working Memory in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Healthy Control Individuals

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how prior trial effects influence working memory patterns in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls.
• Conducted a case-control study assessing serial biases in working memory.
• Compared performance across three groups: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and healthy controls.
• Evaluated differences in biases in response to attractive and repulsive stimuli.
• Healthy controls exhibited distinct serial biases compared to individuals with schizophrenia.
• Some individuals with bipolar disorder showed a healthy control bias, while a few showed a schizophrenia bias.
• Findings indicate that serial bias may act as a biomarker for understanding psychiatric conditions.