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Performance of adults with Down's syndrome on the Children's Version of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test: A brief report
Author(s) -
Wilson Barbara A.,
IvaniChalian Rebecca
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1995.tb01440.x
Subject(s) - psychology , rivermead post concussion symptoms questionnaire , test (biology) , recall , memory test , down syndrome , developmental psychology , audiology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , cognitive psychology , medicine , paleontology , biology
We gave the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children (RBMT‐C) to 37 community dwelling adults with Down's syndrome. Ages ranged from 19 to 44 years (mean 29 years, SD 6 years). We wanted to know (a) if the test could be administered to this group and (b) how people with Down's syndrome compared with children aged 5 to 10 years. All subjects were able to participate in the test and all were ' off the floor'. Story recall was the hardest subtest for people with Down's syndrome, while remembering to deliver a message was the easiest. We discuss the possible use of this test in studies comparing older people with Down's syndrome with Alzheimer patients.