Verbal memory work was evaluated in 27 schizophrenic patients and 19 sound control subjects coordinated for premorbid IQ and age utilizing a test battery including proportions of present moment, long haul and source memory. Patients were likewise appraised for positive and negative indications. Results showed that the patient gathering manifested less fortunate execution on all trial of momentary memory, and most trial of long haul memory, and that these distinctions remained when current IQ was presented as a covariate. Inside the patient gathering, generally speaking verbal memory execution was connected distinctly with a negative manifestations. Results are talked about with regards to a summed up neuropsychological shortfall in schizophrenia.