Attention Span and Working Memory Components of Serial and Semantic Auditory Verbal Memory
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Attention Span and Working Memory Components of Serial and Semantic Auditory Verbal Memory
Yazar:
Lum, Jenise Anne, author.
ISBN:
9780438025172
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1 electronic resource (63 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: James A. Moses Committee members: Leonard Beckum; Bruce Bongar.
Özet:
This study examined the relationship between the demographic variables of age and education, the cognitive processes of attention and working memory, and the serial and semantic learning strategies of the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT). All study participants were administered the CVLT and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -- Third Edition (WAIS-III) as part of a comprehensive neuropsychological battery at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Exploratory analyses were conducted utilizing the WAIS-III raw subtest scores from Digit Span Forward (DSF), Digit Span Backward (DSB), and Letter Number Sequencing (LNS), the variables of age and education collected as part of the WAIS-III, and the Serial and Semantic Cluster Ratios from the CVLT. The study found that both cognitive processes of attention and working memory could be identified and differentiated through the DSF, DSB, and LNS subtest scores of the WAIS-III. Age was found to moderate working memory and education level was found to influence attention. The serial learning strategy was factorially related to attention and education and was distinct from working memory and age. The semantic learning strategy was factorially related to working memory and age, distinct from attention and education. The significant findings of this study elevated understanding of the relationships between these testing components and provided insight into ways in which clinicians may better understand and treat cognitive impairments found through neuropsychological assessment.
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School code: 1569
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