Performance of adults with Down's syndrome on the children's version of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test: a brief report.
We gave the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children (RBMT-C) to 37 community dwelling adults with Down's syndrome. Ages ranged from 19 to 44 years (mean 29 years, SD 6 years). We wanted to know (a) if the test could be administered to this group and (b) how people with Down's syndrome compared with children aged 5 to 10 years. All subjects were able to participate in the test and all were 'off the floor'. Story recall was the hardest subtest for people with Down's syndrome, while remembering to deliver a message was the easiest. We discuss the possible use of this test in studies comparing older people with Down's syndrome with Alzheimer patients.
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MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning