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Memory‐for‐designs test: Comparison of performance of young and old adults
Author(s) -
Dustman Robert E.,
Beck Edward C.
Publication year - 1980
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(198007)36:3<770::aid-jclp2270360331>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , test (biology) , memory test , age groups , gerontology , demography , medicine , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , sociology , biology
Administered the Graham‐Kendall MFD test to 80 normal male S s, who ranged in age from 21 to 90 years. While no significant decline in performance occurred in S s up to age 50, the older groups, 40 S s 60 years and older, differed significantly in error scores from S s 50 years and younger, p < 0.001. As older S s were given complete neurological examinations and visual acuity was evaluated carefully, the results suggest that decline in MFD performance after the age of 60 is sufficient to suggest caution in the use of the test by present interpretation for the evaluation of brain damage in the older patient.