Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundSubstance abuse has an impact on various cognitive domains, including memory. Even though this impact has been extensively examined across different subdomains, false memory has been sparsely studied. This systematic review and meta-analysis seek to synthesize the current scientific data c...
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| description | BackgroundSubstance abuse has an impact on various cognitive domains, including memory. Even though this impact has been extensively examined across different subdomains, false memory has been sparsely studied. This systematic review and meta-analysis seek to synthesize the current scientific data concerning false memory formation in individuals with a history of substance abuse.MethodsPubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PsycINFO were searched to identify all experimental and observational studies in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Studies were then examined by four independent reviewers and, if they met the inclusion criteria, assessed for their quality. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for randomized controlled trials (RCT) and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklists for quasi-experimental and analytic cross-sectional studies were used to assess the risk of bias.ResultsFrom the 443 screened studies, 27 (and two more from other sources) were considered eligible for full-text review. A final 18 studies were included in the present review. Of these, 10 were conducted with alcoholics or heavy drinkers, four focused on ecstasy/polydrug users, three were done with cannabis users and one focused on methadone maintenance patients with current cocaine dependence. Regarding false memory type, 15 studies focused on false recognition/recall, and three on provoked confabulation.ConclusionsNone but one of the studies considering false recognition/recall of critical lures found any significant differences between individuals with a history of substance abuse and healthy controls. However, most of the studies taking into account false recognition/recall of related and unrelated events found that individuals with a history of substance abuse showed significantly higher rates of false memories than controls. Future research should continue to consider different types of false memories as well as their potential association with relevant clinical variables.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=266503, identifier: CRD42021266503. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f83bfc79a4e947149cbbc81c09ce94ce2023-05-05T08:41:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11765641176564Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysisTânia Caetano0Tânia Caetano1Tânia Caetano2Tânia Caetano3Maria Salomé Pinho4Maria Salomé Pinho5Eduardo Ramadas6Eduardo Ramadas7Jessica Lopes8Timóteo Areosa9Daniela Ferreira10Maria dos Anjos Dixe11Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of University of Coimbra, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of University of Coimbra, Neuropsychological Assessment and Ageing Processes (NAAP), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, PortugalVillaRamadas International Treatment Centre, Research and Innovation Department, Leiria, PortugalFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of University of Coimbra, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of University of Coimbra, Neuropsychological Assessment and Ageing Processes (NAAP), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, PortugalVillaRamadas International Treatment Centre, Research and Innovation Department, Leiria, PortugalVillaRamadas International Treatment Centre, Research and Innovation Department, Leiria, PortugalCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, PortugalFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of University of Coimbra, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, PortugalBackgroundSubstance abuse has an impact on various cognitive domains, including memory. Even though this impact has been extensively examined across different subdomains, false memory has been sparsely studied. This systematic review and meta-analysis seek to synthesize the current scientific data concerning false memory formation in individuals with a history of substance abuse.MethodsPubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PsycINFO were searched to identify all experimental and observational studies in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Studies were then examined by four independent reviewers and, if they met the inclusion criteria, assessed for their quality. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for randomized controlled trials (RCT) and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklists for quasi-experimental and analytic cross-sectional studies were used to assess the risk of bias.ResultsFrom the 443 screened studies, 27 (and two more from other sources) were considered eligible for full-text review. A final 18 studies were included in the present review. Of these, 10 were conducted with alcoholics or heavy drinkers, four focused on ecstasy/polydrug users, three were done with cannabis users and one focused on methadone maintenance patients with current cocaine dependence. Regarding false memory type, 15 studies focused on false recognition/recall, and three on provoked confabulation.ConclusionsNone but one of the studies considering false recognition/recall of critical lures found any significant differences between individuals with a history of substance abuse and healthy controls. However, most of the studies taking into account false recognition/recall of related and unrelated events found that individuals with a history of substance abuse showed significantly higher rates of false memories than controls. Future research should continue to consider different types of false memories as well as their potential association with relevant clinical variables.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=266503, identifier: CRD42021266503.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176564/fullconfabulationfalse memoryfalse recognitionfalse recallsubstance abusesystematic review |
| spellingShingle | Tânia Caetano Tânia Caetano Tânia Caetano Tânia Caetano Maria Salomé Pinho Maria Salomé Pinho Eduardo Ramadas Eduardo Ramadas Jessica Lopes Timóteo Areosa Daniela Ferreira Maria dos Anjos Dixe Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis Frontiers in Psychology confabulation false memory false recognition false recall substance abuse systematic review |
| title | Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | Substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | substance abuse and susceptibility to false memory formation a systematic review and meta analysis |
| topic | confabulation false memory false recognition false recall substance abuse systematic review |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176564/full |
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