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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Wechsler Memory Scale"”.
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Assessment Of Memory Function And Effort Using The Wechsler Memory Scale - 4th Edition
… intent. This is especially true for measures of memory functioning that are a common target of negative response bias and withholding effort. The aim of the present study was to develop methods for detecting these behaviors for the current edition of the Wechsler Memory Scale, 4th Edition …
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Qualitative scoring procedures for the detection of malingering using the Wechsler Memory Scale - Third Edition
Individuals undergoing neuropsychological evaluation are often involved in litigation for compensation. Consequently, much incentive to perform poorly on neuropsychological assessments exists. Thus, sophisticated detection methods are desirable. One promising approach may be to utilize qualitative …
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Exploration of the Wechsler Memory Scale Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) Designs Content and Spatial Memory Scales
… subtest was newly added as a measure of visual memory to the Wechsler Memory Scale, 4th edition (WMS-IV). This study examined this measure in a mixed clinical sample (n = 158). Specifically, the aim of the study was to evaluate the publishers’ claims that the Designs test assesses both visual …
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Exploration of the Wechsler Memory Scale Fourth Edition and Measures of Executive Function Combined Components Model
While memory is the faculty that affords us learning, adaptation and development, it is our executive function that oversees, manages and organizes these abilities. Still, there is limited research on the interaction between memory and executive function. The present study investigated this …
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Development of an alternative scoring system for the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised
The Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised has been widely used as a measure of memory. However, there are a number of limitations with the administration, scoring and interpretation of the subtest. A revised scoring system was developed in this study in order to address …
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Divergent validity of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) and the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
… present study examined the relationship between memory and executive functioning in a college student population using the Wechsler Memory Scale, Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) and selected tests from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). Contrary to results of previous research on the …
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Production of Australian normative data for an alternate scoring system for the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised
Accurate assessment of memory functioning is integral in the framework of comprehensive neuropsychological examination. Knowledge of the integrity of memory functioning contributes to decisions regarding diagnoses, competency, rehabilitation and surgery. The Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised is a …
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The development of a scoring system for an alternative form of the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale - revised
The Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale – Revised has been widely used in neuropsychological assessment as a measure of visual memory since its publication in 1987 by Wechsler. Mindful of practice effects in serial assessment, a potential limiting factor in assessing recovery …
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Development of the Visual Memory Subtests of the Computerized Memory Scale
… study was designed to assess the Computerized Memory Scale (CMS), a computer-administered test of visual memory, by describing the development of the test as well as examining test-retest reliability and concurrent and discriminant validity in a non-clinical population. Concurrent and …
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Intrakranielle Volumenänderungen im Magnetresonanztomogramm (MRT) und neuropsychologische Veränderungen bei Patienten mit MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)
… Testleitungen (WMS-R Logical Memory I & II, WMS-R Visual Reproduction I & II (Wechsler Memory Scale - revised) sowie HAWIE-R (Hamburg Wechsler Intelligence Examination - revised) ) verglichen.Sämtliche Hirnstrukturen waren in der MCI-Gruppe signifikant kleiner, das …
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The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Functioning, Biomarker AV-1451, and Subjective Memory Impairment in a Cognitively Normal Sample
… utilizing the neuropsychological domain of memory, subjective memory impairment (SMI), and the PET tau biomarker, AV-1451. It was hypothesized that individuals with SMI would differ significantly from participants without SMI (nSMI) on measures of memory and level of tau binding in the …
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The effects of auditory background interference on attention and short-term memory of normals and schizophrenics
… which subjects were administered items from the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised in both a normal administration condition and in the presence of auditory background information provided by a prerecorded tape.The relationship between auditory background interference and diagnosis was examined using …
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, cognition and self-management behavior in Mexican American older adults
… including The Trail Making Test Parts A and B, Wechsler Memory Scale 3rd subtests Logical Memory I, II and Digit Span, and the Controlled Word Association Test. Depression was measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale. Participants (n =141) who met the inclusion criteria (aged 50 and over, …
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Visuell-räumliche Navigationsleistungen und parietales Cortexvolumen bei schizophrenen Patienten im Paradigma der "Virtuellen Realität"
… Patienten typischerweise Defizite aufweisen: Die Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised sowie der Trail Making Test A und B. Die zentralen Versuchshypothesen konnten bestätigt werden: Schizophrene Patienten wiesen sowohl im ego-, als auch im allozentrischen Raum eine defizitäre Navigationsleistung auf, die …
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Verbal Learning and Memory in Adults with Mild, Moderate and Severe Closed Head Injury
… associated with closed head injury is impaired_memory function. The current study examined qualitative and quantitative aspects of learning and memory to define the effects of mild head injury in comparison to moderate and severe head injury and a sample of normal controls.</p> <p>Forty five …
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Factors related to the information needs and desired level of participation of older women engaged in medical decision making
… abilities were measured using the Logical Memory subscale from the Wechsler Memory Scale and the following subscales from Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition: Matrix Reasoning, Digit-Symbol Coding, Vocabulary and Digits Forward and Backward. Attitudes toward medical authority …
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Memory Change and Cognitive Function among the Elderly
… is known regarding what constitutes "normal" memory test performance in individuals over the age of 74. In this study, forgetting rates for verbal and nonverbal material from the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) were examined in groups of older healthy individuals aged 50-74 and 75-95. …
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Untersuchungen zur fronto-temporalen Dysfunktion bei Schizophrenie : Befunde eines multimethodalen Ansatzes
… in beiden Durchgängen des Logical Memory und des Visual Reproduction Tests der Wechsler Memory Scale sowie im zweiten, dritten und verzögerten Durchgang der Wortliste. Außerdem fanden sich exekutive Defizite im Wortflüssigkeitstest und im Interferenzteil des Stroop Tests. Bei den …
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An Analysis and Comparison of WMS-III and WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates: Practical Implications for Neuropsychologists
… subtest from current and prior versions of the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS). It was predicted that VPA from the WMS-III (VPA3) would be similar in agreement to the WMS-IV (VPA4) and that VPA4 would show a stronger relationship than VPA3 with intellectual abilities, sustained attention, and …