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Memory and Motor Skill Components of the WAIS-III Digit Symbol-Coding Subtest
- Source :
- The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 15:109-113
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2001.
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Abstract
- We examined motor skill and memory components of the Digit Symbol-Coding subtest of the WAIS-III in a clinical sample. Research using previous versions of the WAIS in non-clinical samples has suggested that the age-related decline in Digit Symbol-Coding scores is more related to motor ability rather than to the memory requirements of the test. Our results extend this conclusion to a clinical sample, using the WAIS-III. Copy scores measure motor skill on the Digit Symbol-Coding subtest, and Incidental Learning scores (Free Recall and Pairing) measure memory. A large proportion of Digit Symbol-Coding variance was explained by Copy scores with Incidental Learning scores controlled, but Incidental Learning scores explained little additional variance when Copy scores were controlled. The same pattern was found when we used the Immediate Memory and General Memory Indexes from the Wechsler Memory Scale-III as independent measures of memory.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Psychometrics
Intelligence
behavioral disciplines and activities
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
mental disorders
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Memory span
Humans
Motor ability
Motor skill
Aged
Veterans
Mental Disorders
Wechsler Scales
Reproducibility of Results
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Middle Aged
Incidental learning
Numerical digit
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Memory, Short-Term
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Free recall
Motor Skills
Mental Recall
Brain Damage, Chronic
Female
Psychology
Psychomotor Performance
psychological phenomena and processes
Cognitive psychology
Coding (social sciences)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17444144 and 13854046
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6340557d5abd4e25096be244a0999650