Measuring episodic memory: a novel approach with an indefinite number of alternative forms
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Article Title | Measuring episodic memory: a novel approach with an indefinite number of alternative forms |
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ERA Journal ID | 6092 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Humphreys, Michael S. (Author), Smith, Simon (Author), Pachana, Nancy A. (Author), Tehan, Gerry (Author) and Byrne, Gerard J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Applied Cognitive Psychology |
Journal Citation | 24 (8), pp. 1080-1094 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0888-4080 |
1099-0720 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1591 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.1591 |
Abstract | Both clinical practice and clinical research settings can require successive administrations of a memory test, particularly when following the trajectory of suspected memory decline in older adults. However, relatively few verbal episodic memory tests have alternative forms. We set out to create a broad based memory test to allow for the use of an essentially unlimited number of alternative forms. Four tasks for inclusion in such a test were developed. These tasks varied the requirement for recall as opposed to recognition, the need to form an association between unrelated words, and the need to discriminate the most recent list from earlier lists, all of which proved useful. A total of 115 participants completed the battery of tests and were used to show that the test could differentiate between older and younger adults; a sub-sample of 73 participants completed alternative forms of the tests to determine test-retest reliability and the amount of learning to learn. |
Keywords | memory test; ageing; episodic memory; working memory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520499. Cognitive and computational psychology not elsewhere classified |
520203. Cognitive neuroscience | |
320999. Neurosciences not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Department of Psychology |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z256/measuring-episodic-memory-a-novel-approach-with-an-indefinite-number-of-alternative-forms
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