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The relationship between intelligence and verbal and spatial memory
Author(s) -
Powell Graham E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197904)35:2<335::aid-jclp2270350223>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - memory span , psychology , verbal memory , wechsler adult intelligence scale , cognition , intelligence quotient , verbal reasoning , spatial ability , cognitive psychology , raven's progressive matrices , logical address , neuropsychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , working memory , psychiatry , paleontology , physical address , biology , computer science , programming language , overlay
Administered the Logical Memory Test (LM) and the Rey‐Osterreith Test (RO), which have been assumed to pertain to verbal and spatial cognitive functioning, to 150 S s referred for neuropsychological screening. S s also were administered the short version of the WAIS, plus Digit Span. It was found that LM did relate more to verbal IQ than to spatial IQ and viceversa for RO. It was not clear exactly what aspect of cognitive functioning Digit Span was tapping. The clinical implications of the study are that LM scores must be viewed in the light of verbal IQ level, and RO scores interpreted in relation to both spatial IQ and age. Data are presented that can be used for the statistical interpretation of an individual case test scores.