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[[Abnormal psychology]] is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as a [[mental disorder]]. Memory errors can commonly be found in types of abnormal psychology such as [[Alzheimer's disease]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]], and [[schizophrenia]].

===Alzheimer's Diseasedisease===

Alzheimer's Diseasedisease is characterized by progressive memory impairment and decline, usually beginning short-term memory.<ref>Baddeley, A.D., Bressi, S., Della Sala, S., Logie, R., & Spinnler, H. (1991). The decline of working memory in Alzheimer's disease. ''Brain, 114'', 2521–2542.</ref> As it is a progressive disease, Alzheimer's usually begins with memory errors before proceeding to long-term memory stores. One form of memory error occurs in contrast to the theory of retrieval cues in being a reason for the occurrence of memory errors. As noted above, memory errors may be due to the lack of cues that can trigger a memory trace and bring it to awareness. However, studies have shown that the opposite may be true for patients with Alzheimer's, such that cues may actually decrease perform on

[[Priming (psychology)|priming]] tasks.<ref name="Mimura">Mimura, M., & Komatsu, S.I. (2010). Factors of error and effort in memory intervention for patients with Alzheimer's disease and amnesic syndrome. ''Psychogeriatrics, 10'', 179–186.</ref> Patients also demonstrate errors known as misattribution errors, otherwise known as source confusion. However, studies show that these misattribution errors are dependent on whether the task is a familiarity or recollection task.<ref name="Mitchell">Mitchell, J.P., Sullivan, A.L., Schacter, D.L., & Budson, A.E. (2006). Misattribution errors in Alzheimer’s disease: The [[illusory truth effect]]. ''Neuropsychology, 20''(2), 185–192.</ref>