Article

In clinical neuropsychology, source monitoring deficits have been classically
attributed to executive dysfunction. Nevertheless, in this review we identified
only 16 papers that provided statistical data about the relationships between
source monitoring and executive processes. Surprisingly, they reported either a
total, partial or non-existent relationship between source monitoring and
executive tasks. In order to understand and explain these contradictions, we
classified the source and executive tasks of the 16 papers according to two
well-accepted definitions. Source tasks were classified using the Source
Monitoring Framework (Johnson, Hashtroudi, & Lindsay, 1993 ) which specifies
reality and external and internal source monitoring. Executive tasks were
classified according to the model of Miyake Friedman, Emerson, Witzki, and
Howerter (2000) which specifies complex, shifting, updating and inhibition tasks.
We found that evaluation of reality and internal source monitoring was limited.
Regarding executive functions, there was no assessment of updating and only a
limited assessment of shifting and inhibition. Therefore, the relationship
between source monitoring and executive functions remains an open question. Our
findings point to the need for the simultaneous assessment of source monitoring
and executive functions as defined by multidimensional theoretical frameworks.
Such investigations would help in understanding the relationship between specific
source monitoring deficits and specific executive decline in clinical
populations.

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