title: Why forget the false positives?
abstract: Attention is drawn to the omission of the positive response tendencies from the data captured by prestigious clinical memory assessment devices. Data from a small pilot study, using alcohol abusers, suggest that this is potentially costly in terms of understanding and measuring dysfunction. There is also an indication that, by measuring with greater sensitivity to response patterns, it may be possible to identify memory dysfunction in alcohol abusers earlier in their abuse careers.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eastmond
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D014706:Verbal Learning