1. A REVIEW OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AGED ADULTS ON VARIOUS WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE SUBTESTS.
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Bak, Joseph S. and Greene, Roger L.
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WECHSLER Memory Scale , *MEMORY in old age , *MEMORY testing , *LITERATURE reviews , *MENTAL health personnel , *CLINICAL psychology - Abstract
The article focuses on the performance of aged adults on various Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) subtests. WMS is a series of seven short subtests that provide a rapid, simple, and practical examination of memory function. In the 35 years since its inception it probably has become the most widely used clinical instrument for assessing memory function and is supported by hundreds of published studies that survey a wide range of applications. A review of the literature reveals only a few studies that have reported data on the performance of various aged groups of adults on various WMS subtests. This article reviews and summarizes these data in normal, aged adults, which is much needed for the purposes of comparative assessment by clinicians.
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- 1981
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