title: The development, validation, and applications of a computerized measurement of cognitive impairment from the content analysis of verbal behavior.
abstract: This is a report of the development, validation, and computerized applications of a method of measuring cognitive and intellectual impairment through the content analysis of verbal behavior. The content analysis procedure utilized is based on the method developed by Gottschalk and Gleser for the measurement of the magnitude of many other psychological states and traits, in addition to cognitive dysfunction. Verbal behavior studies are reviewed that examine the cognitive effects of age, certain psychoactive drugs, alcohol, total body irradiation, sensory overload, and dementia. Finally, the availability of a recently developed artificial intelligence software program is reported that will reliably, rapidly, and objectively score speech samples (on Gottschalk-Gleser Scales) transcribed according to specific directions from IBM-compatible computer diskettes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, College of Medicine, University of California Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000523:psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000145:classification*