Wechsler memory scale: A selective review of the literature
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Research on the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is reviewed with respect to questions of its reliability, factor structure, construct validity, and utility. The relationship of Memory Quotient to Full Scale IQ is explored and the conditions under which disparity between the two scores may be clinically useful indicated. Despite its numerous limitations, the WMS has been a sensitive test of short‐term verbal memory. As such, it may be helpful in identifying impairment of the dominant (left) temporal lobe and its medial hippocampal connections. The test is badly in need of re‐standardization, however, and suggestions for improving the instrument are made. Copyright © 1978 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company
Publication Date
1-1-1978
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Psychology
ISSN
00219762
E-ISSN
10974679
Volume
34
Issue
4
First Page
816
Last Page
832
PubMed ID
400812
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1002/1097-4679(197810)34:4<816::AID-JCLP2270340402>3.0.CO;2-Q
Recommended Citation
Prigatano, George P., "Wechsler memory scale: A selective review of the literature" (1978). Clinical Neuropsychology. 263.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neuropsychology/263