Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Wet, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHemp, Francesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-17T07:15:21Z
dc.date.available2016-03-17T07:15:21Z
dc.date.issued1977en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 158-169.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA battery of three verbal and three visual tests was developed to meet a need for a test of memory functions for use with patients from different racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The test performance of 35 patients with diagnoses implying disorders of the limbic system was compared with that of 35 normal controls matched for race, age, intelligence and sex. Discriminant analysis of the verbal and visual test scores achieved 100% correct classification of the 27 patients with bilateral damage, but 3% of the normal controls were misclassified. There was a clear trend for the performance of the 3 patients with left temporal lobe damage to be impaired on the verbal tests, and the performance of the 5 patients with right temporal lobe damage to be impaired on the visual tests. Race, which tends to be correlated with socioeconomic and education levels, had no significant effect on the test scores of the 34 White, 28 Coloured, and 8 African subjects. Test scores were not significantly effected by age, intelligence or sex. Further studies to achieve cross-validation are indicated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHemp, F. (1977). <i>Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17892en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHemp, Frances. <i>"Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17892en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHemp, F. 1977. Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hemp, Frances AB - A battery of three verbal and three visual tests was developed to meet a need for a test of memory functions for use with patients from different racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The test performance of 35 patients with diagnoses implying disorders of the limbic system was compared with that of 35 normal controls matched for race, age, intelligence and sex. Discriminant analysis of the verbal and visual test scores achieved 100% correct classification of the 27 patients with bilateral damage, but 3% of the normal controls were misclassified. There was a clear trend for the performance of the 3 patients with left temporal lobe damage to be impaired on the verbal tests, and the performance of the 5 patients with right temporal lobe damage to be impaired on the visual tests. Race, which tends to be correlated with socioeconomic and education levels, had no significant effect on the test scores of the 34 White, 28 Coloured, and 8 African subjects. Test scores were not significantly effected by age, intelligence or sex. Further studies to achieve cross-validation are indicated. DA - 1977 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1977 T1 - Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study TI - Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17892 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17892
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHemp F. Memory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1977 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17892en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleMemory tests for use with brain damaged adults in a multiracial general hospital : a preliminary validation studyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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