A test of free recall visual memory and learning was developed for the present study. The purpose of the study was to determine the utility of the Visual Selective Reminding Test and the Verbal Selective Reminding Test for differentiating among groups of patients having memory impairments with organic etiologies. It was hypothesized that neurologically impaired patients would perform differently on the Visual and Verbal Selective Reminding Tests, the difference depending on the location of the underlying brain damage. Forty right handed male patients at a Veterans Administration hospital served as subjects. The patients were grouped according to the location of their brain damage; left hemisphere, right hemisphere, diffuse damage, and no brain damage. There were 10 patients in each group. Each patient was given the verbal and the visual memory tests in counterbalanced order and the Shipley estimate of intelligence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc330808 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Cummins, Shirley Jean |
| Contributors | Johnson, Ray W., Haynes, Jack Read, Sininger, Rollin Albert, Aronson, Harriet, Schneider, Lawrence J. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 70 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Cummins, Shirley Jean, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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