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Recall and recognition of similarities items in neuropsychological assessment: Memory, validity, and meaning.

Ricki Lisa Ladowsky-Brooks
Published in: Applied neuropsychology. Adult (2024)
The current study examined whether the Memory Similarities Extended Test (M-SET), a memory test based on the Similarities subtest of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition (WASI-II), has value in neuropsychological testing. The relationship of M-SET measures of cued recall (CR) and recognition memory (REC) to brain injury severity and memory scores from the Wechsler Memory Scale, Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) was analyzed in examinees with traumatic brain injuries ranging from mild to severe. Examinees who passed standard validity tests were divided into groups with intracranial injury (CT + ve, n  = 18) and without intracranial injury (CT-ve, n  = 50). In CT + ve only, CR was significantly correlated with Logical Memory I (LMI: r s  = .62) and Logical Memory II (LMII: r s  = .65). In both groups, there were smaller correlations with delayed visual memory (VRII: r s  = .38; r s  = .44) and psychomotor speed (Coding: r s  = .29; r s  = .29). The REC score was neither an indicator of memory ability nor an internal indicator of performance validity. There were no differences in M-SET or WMS-IV scores for CT-ve and CT + ve, and reasons for this are discussed. It is concluded that M-SET has utility as an incidental cued recall measure.
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