title: Construct validity of various verbal and visual memory tests.
abstract: Factor analysis was conducted on attention, information processing, verbal and visual memory scores of 112 patients. Factor structure did not vary as a function of age. The Expanded Paired Associates Test, Verbal Selective Reminding Test, Continuous Recognition Memory Test, and Continuous Visual Memory Test defined a general memory factor. The PASAT, WMS Mental Control, and WAIS-R Digit Span defined an attention/information processing factor. Immediate Visual Reproduction (VR) loaded primarily on visual/nonverbal intelligence, whereas delayed VR loaded primarily with the memory factor. The Trail Making Test, Part B was more closely associated with visual/nonverbal intelligence than with attention/information processing. Serial Digit Learning was more closely associated with attention/information processing than with general memory.
authors.affiliation: James A. Haley V.A. Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Larrabee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Curtiss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012691:Serial Learning; D014706:Verbal Learning