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| Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2002): |
What does the family pictures subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-III measure? Insight gained from patients evaluated for epilepsy surgery.
Full Abstract
The Family Pictures (FP) task is a new subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale Version III (WMS-III) used to assess visual memory and learning. This study assessed the extent to which different cognitive abilities contribute to performance on the FP task in 125 patients evaluated for epilepsy surgery. Results indicated that the FP task relies heavily on auditory-verbal based cognitive abilities, as well as visual memory, and may better represent a general measure of memory performance. These results raise questions about the appropriateness of including FP task performance in the calculations of the WMS-III Visual Index scores.
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Author information
Author/s: Dulay, Mario F (MF); Schefft, Bruce K (BK); Testa, S Marc (SM); Fargo, Jamison D (JD); Privitera, Michael (M); Yeh, Hwa-shain (HS);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0376, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: The Clinical neuropsychologist (Clin Neuropsychol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 16 (issue 4) : pp 452-62
Dates: Created 2003/06/24; Completed 2003/07/23; Revised 2007/06/01;
PMID: 12822054, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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