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A Preliminary Study Investigating How People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities Perform on the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test
Author(s) -
Martin Claire,
West Jenny,
Cull Chris,
Adams Malcolm
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2000.00018.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , memory test , recall , rivermead post concussion symptoms questionnaire , population , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , memory impairment , audiology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Twenty participants with mild intellectual disabilities (IQ = 55–75) completed the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT; adult version). There was a significant difference in performance across the 12 subtests, with the tests relying on verbal memory (e.g. story recall) proving the most difficult and those depending on visual memory (e.g. picture recognition) the easiest. There was also a negative correlation between age and RBMT scores. It is concluded that the RBMT is a suitable test to use with this population; it provides useful clinical information, but as the test currently stands, identification of specific memory impairments may not be possible.