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The impact of constructional impairment on the WMS‐R visual reproduction subtests
Author(s) -
Gfeller Jeffrey D.,
Meldrum Donald L.,
Jacobi Karen A.
Publication year - 1995
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(199501)51:1<58::aid-jclp2270510110>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , memory impairment , audiology , modality (human–computer interaction) , visual impairment , visual memory , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , human–computer interaction , computer science
The present study investigated the impact of constructional impairment on performance on the WMS‐R Visual Reproduction subtests that measure memory for visual material. Thirteen subjects with constructional impairment had lower scores on the immediate and half‐hour delayed Visual Reproduction subtests, relative to a cognitively comparable group of subjects without constructional impairment. However, the two groups did not differ with respect to their performance on the WMS‐R Logical Memory subtests, which measure verbal memory. The implications of these modality specific findings among subjects with constructional impairment are discussed, and recommendations for clinicians who utilize the WMS‐R are provided.