The American Liner New York and Anna Thompson: an investigation of interference effects on the Wechsler Memory Scale.
The role of proactive interference in verbal memory was examined in 154 normal and brain-damaged subjects. Subjects were matched on age, sex, education, presence or absence of brain damage, and administered the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) Stories in standard order (A+B) or reverse order (B+A). Both normal and brain-damaged subjects recalled fewer details from Story B than Story A regardless of order of administration. We conclude that Story B from the WMS is inherently a more difficult passage to recall than Story A. The recall of fewer Story B items relative to Story A is expected and not due to proactive interference.
University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D011334:Proactive Inhibition; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014888:Wechsler Scales