Clegg F, Warrington E K
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Memory. 1994 Jun;2(2):167-82. doi: 10.1080/09658219408258943.
This report describes four short memory tests which have been developed for use with older adults. Three of these tests are recognition memory tests; one is verbal, one is visual, and one is predominantly visual, but likely to involve some verbal mediation. The fourth task is a verbal paired-associate learning test which uses two sets of six high frequency words. Normative data obtained from 107 subjects aged 64-81 on all four tests are provided. A ceiling effect was obtained, indicating that these tests are relatively easy. A validation study was carried out, in which a group of patients with a cortical degenerative condition was assessed on the easy tests, and performance on published recognition memory tests could be compared with performance on the easy tests. Several patients who had scored at chance on the published version not only obtained measurable scores on the easy version, but also obtained discrepancy scores. Possible uses for the four short memory tests are suggested.
本报告描述了为老年人开发的四项简短记忆测试。其中三项测试是识别记忆测试；一项是言语测试，一项是视觉测试，还有一项主要是视觉测试，但可能涉及一些言语中介。第四项任务是言语配对联想学习测试，使用两组六个高频词。提供了从107名64至81岁受试者身上获得的关于所有四项测试的常模数据。出现了天花板效应，表明这些测试相对容易。进行了一项验证研究，对一组患有皮质退行性疾病的患者进行了这些简易测试评估，并将已发表的识别记忆测试的表现与简易测试的表现进行了比较。几名在已发表版本中得分处于随机水平的患者不仅在简易版本中获得了可测量的分数，还获得了差异分数。文中还提出了这四项简短记忆测试的可能用途。
