Factor analysis of the wechsler memory scale-revised and the halstead-reitan neuropsychological battery |
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| Authors: | F. Timothy Leonberger Sandra D. Nicks Peggy R. Goldfader David C. Munz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center , 1420 Grattan Street, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA;2. St. Louis University;3. St. Louis University Medical Center |
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| Abstract: | A principal components factor analysis of the 12 subtests of the WMS-R, WAIS Verbal and Performance IQ scores, and measures of a modified Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery was performed on a sample of 135 patients. The Visual Reproduction subtests I and II factored with other spatial measures and Performance IQ while Logical Memory I and II and Verbal Paired Associates I and II emerged as separate verbal memory factors. Additionally, two attention/concentration factors were found, one primarily verbal and one primarily visual. Further study in the interpretation of the Verbal and Visual Memory Indexes was advised. |
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