Retention measures

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Retention measures are psychometric measures of memory retention

There are different neuropsychological assessment measures for each aspect of memory

General memory measures

• Adult Memory and Information Processing Battery (AMIPB)
• BIRT Adult Memory and Information Processing Battery (BAMIPB)
• Camden Memory Tests
• Memory Assessment Scales (MAS)
• Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test((RBMT, RBMT-II, RBMT-III))
• Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL)
• Wechsler Memory Scale WMS
• Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning, Second Edition (WRAML2)

Short term memory assessment

• Digit span testing

Autobiographical memory

• Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI)

Implicit Memory Testing

Implicit memory tests indirectly measure the retention of information that has not been consciously attended to.

• Implicit Association Test (IAT)
• Lexical Decision Task (LDT)
• Word Stem Completion (WSC)
• Artificial Grammar Learning (AGL)
• Word Fragment Completion (WFC)

Episodic memory measures

• Gröber & Buschke (verbal)
• DMS48 (visual)

Prospective memory measures

• Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT)

Verbal memory measures

• California Verbal Learning Task (CVLT)
• Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)
• The verbal section of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)

Visual memory tests

• Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT)
• Benton Revised Visual Retention Test
• Memory for Designs Test
• Visual Patterns Test

Semantic memory measures

• Word Memory Test (WMT)
• Portland Digit Recognition Test (PDRT)

Indirect tests of memory

• Implicit Association Test,
• Lexical Decision Task,
• Word Stem Completion task,
• Artificial Grammar Learning,
• Word Fragment Completion

Recognition

• Warrington Recognition Memory Test

Tests of malingering

• Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM)
• Rey-15 Item Memory Test

For sorting

• Babcock Story Recall test

• Biber Figure Learning Test (BFLT)

• Complex Figure Test (copy, recall, recognition)
• Dead or Alive Test

• Doors and People – A test of visual and verbal recall and recognition

• Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ)
• Portland Digit Recognition Test (PDRT)
• Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
• Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test
• Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test Extended (RBMT-E)

• Wechsler Memory Scale Revised (WMS-R)
• Wechsler Memory Scale—III (WMS-III)
• Wechsler Memory Scale – 4th UK Edition (WMS-IV)

Key texts

Papers

• Williams, M. (1968) The measurement of memory in clinical practice, British Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology 7: 19-34.

Additional material

Papers

• Google Scholar

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