For example, while women could recall an average of 25.8 words on
the verbal memory test at age 43, that figure dipped to 23.3 words by age 69.
«Despite the fact that the literature describes only correlation between
verbal memory tests and hippocampal cell densities in patients with left hippocampal sclerosis, we found a correlation between right hippocampal cell densities and performance on visual memory tests, including both immediate and delayed recall,» says authors Sandra Mara Comper and Anaclara Prada Jardim, students in the laboratory of Dr. Elza Marcia Yacubian at the Federal University of São Paulo.
Not exact matches
As Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which
test for
verbal, not visual
memory.
In addition, because it
tests for
verbal memory, the SAC can not identify athletes who may suffer measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working
memory) on neurocognitive
tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging
tests (fMRI), resulting from repeated sub-concussive blows to the head.
As Dr. Leverenz told MomsTEAM after publication of the first Purdue study, the limitation of screening tools currently being used to assess neurocognitive function on the sports sideline, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)[21] and the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3)[22], is that they
test verbal memory, not the visual
memory which he and the Purdue researchers found impaired in the functionally, but not clinically impaired, players who experienced at least short - term neurologic trauma from RHI.
Using DTI, researchers at Wake Forest found in a 2014 study [26] that a single season of high school football can produce changes in the white matter of the brain of the type previously associated with mTBI in the absence of a clinical diagnosis of concussion, and that these impact - related changes in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change in the
verbal memory composite score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitive
test.
The participants in the study took a variety of
tests, which measured different aspects of their thinking abilities including
memory span and
verbal and spatial abilities.
People with mild cognitive impairment were defined as those who have a slight decline in cognition, mainly in
memory in terms of remembering sequences or organization, and who score lower on
tests such as the California
Verbal Learning
Test, which requires participants to recall a list of related words, such as a shopping list.
In the California
Verbal Learning
Test, on a scale of 0 to 80, with 80 reflecting the best
memory, the healthy participants had an average score of 55.8, whereas those with mild cognitive impairment scored an average of 40.5.
The woman, a 59 - year - old former hotel manager from Italy, fared about average on
verbal IQ
tests and had a good
memory, but when Butterworth's Italian colleagues asked her to count, she would start, «uno, due, tre, quattro,» and then stall.
A slew of studies in adults have found that nonusers beat chronic weed smokers on
tests of attention,
memory, motor skills and
verbal abilities, but some of this might be the result of lingering traces of cannabis in the body of users or withdrawal effects from abstaining while taking part in a study.
The authors examined data from the «Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe» in which more than 31,000 men and women over the age of 50 from 13 European countries answered questions that
tested cognitive functions including
memory, mathematical ability, and
verbal fluency.
Like the original
test, it will include exercises focused on naming objects and animals,
verbal fluency, calculation, clock time, abstraction and
memory.
Cognitive
testing before and after treatment included assessment of
verbal memory, specifically recall of spoken words (using the California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edi
verbal memory, specifically recall of spoken words (using the California
Verbal Learning Test, Second Edi
Verbal Learning
Test, Second Edition).
Over a two - month trial, all six subjects in the control group showed a decline in the activation of the left hippocampus, which processes auditory
memory, and on average deteriorated on
tests of
verbal recall.
The
tests evaluated multiple modes of cognition, including
verbal learning and
memory and visuospatial working
memory / processing speed.
Believing that traditional psychometric
tests are too abstract and crude to assess
memory loss in normal people, Wesnes and Crook developed a battery of computerised
tests based on everyday tasks involving
verbal and visual recall.
Compared with uninfected individuals, people who
tested positive for H. pylori performed worse on cognitive
tests, including ones assessing
verbal memory.
Over the years, Moffitt reported in a series of papers that these boys did poorly in neuropsychological
tests (such as
verbal skills and
verbal memory), measured high for impulsivity, and were likely to engage in substance abuse as they grew older.
Hoping to minimize this uncertainty, Chan and colleagues
tested the
verbal memory of 90 students, half of whom had been studying music for 1 to 5 years.
Between 2004 and 2014, 477 patients treated with BMT at City of Hope underwent standardized neuropsychological
testing before their transplant, and at the six - month and one -, two - and three - year marks after transplant;
testing was conducted on eight cognitive domains, including executive function,
verbal fluency and speed, processing speed, working
memory, visual and auditory
memory, and fine motor dexterity.
Among veterans with predicted exposure to the Khamisiyah plume, smaller hippocampus volume was correlated with lower scores on a
test of
verbal learning and
memory.
Short term
verbal memory was assessed with a 20 word free recall
test.
Researchers used
tests that measured
verbal fluency, immediate
memory, orientation, and ability to learn a 10 - word list.
Researchers compared 24 stroke survivors with 17 controls, using the Hopkins Medication Schedule to assess MSA, the Geriatric Depression Scale to assess mood, and the Hopkins
Verbal Test and Mini-Mental State Examination to assess
memory.
All women performed in the normal range for their age at the beginning of the trial but there was a significant improvement in
verbal learning and
memory in women who were given testosterone gel after the second set of
tests.
In addition, cognitive function was assessed through a variety of
tests that included working
memory,
verbal episodic
memory and visual - spatial
memory as well as scanning and tracking.
Their scores indicated that the mindfulness group significantly improved on both the
verbal GRE
test and the working
memory capacity
test.