Wechsler Memory Scale

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The Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is a neuropsychological test to assess verbal and nonverbal memory abilities in adults.

There have been a number of versions of the Wechsler Memory Scale.

Wechsler Memory Scale
Wechsler Memory Scale - Revised
Wechsler Memory Scale - 3rd Ed.

The comments here apply to the latest 3rd version.

Developed by David Wechsler the test assesses learning, memory, and working memory and is published by Harcourt Assessment

Description: The test provides subtest and composite scores that assess memory and attention functions using both auditory and visual stimuli. There are now eight Primary Indexes:

Auditory Immediate
Visual Immediate
Immediate Memory
Auditory Delayed
Visual Delayed
Auditory Reception Delayed
General Memory
Working Memory

When would I use this test?

What does the test measure? The WMS-III provides a comprehensive assessment of memory.

Which population is it intended for? The general adult population of 16-89 year old

Describe norms available: The norms were derived from a stratified sample of 1250 individuals aged 16-89 years drawn from the general population.

Type of test, (e.g., self report, computerised, etc):

Time taken to complete the test: The whole set of tests takes about an hour to administer.

Scoring procedures, (e.g., hand scored, software, etc):

Report formats available?

Validity The test has strong validity. Internal consistency reliability coefficients ranged from .70s to the .90s

Reliability

Reference for the original studies of this instrument:

References of studies that have used this instrument:

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Memory
Types of memory
Articulatory suppression‎ \| Auditory memory \| Autobiographical memory \| Collective memory \| Early memories \| Echoic Memory \| Eidetic memory \| Episodic memory \| Episodic-like memory \| Explicit memory \|Exosomatic memory \| False memory \|Flashbulb memory \| Iconic memory \| Implicit memory \| Institutional memory \| Long term memory \| Music-related memory \| Procedural memory \| Prospective memory \| Repressed memory \| Retrospective memory \| Semantic memory \| Sensory memory \| Short term memory \| Spatial memory \| State-dependent memory \| Tonal memory \| Transactive memory \| Transsaccadic memory \| Verbal memory \| Visual memory \| Visuospatial memory \| Working memory \|
Aspects of memory
Childhood amnesia \| Cryptomnesia \|Cued recall \| Eye-witness testimony \| Memory and emotion \| Forgetting \|Forgetting curve \| Free recall \| Levels-of-processing effect \| Memory consolidation \|Memory decay \| Memory distrust syndrome \|Memory inhibition \| Memory and smell \| Memory for the future \| Memory loss \| Memory optimization \| Memory trace \| Mnemonic \| Memory biases \| Modality effect \| Tip of the tongue \| Lethologica \| Memory loss \|Priming \| Primacy effect \| Reconstruction \| Proactive interference \| Prompting \| Recency effect \| Recall (learning) \| Recognition (learning) \| Reminiscence \| Retention \| Retroactive interference \| Serial position effect \| Serial recall \| Source amnesia \|
Memory theory
Atkinson-Shiffrin \| Baddeley \| CLARION \| Decay theory \| Dual-coding theory \| Interference theory \|Memory consolidation \| Memory encoding \| Memory-prediction framework \| Forgetting \| Recall \| Recognition \|
Mnemonics
Method of loci \| Mnemonic room system \| Mnemonic dominic system \| Mnemonic learning \| Mnemonic link system \|Mnemonic major system \| Mnemonic peg system \| [[]] \|[[]] \|
Neuroanatomy of memory
Amygdala \| Hippocampus \| prefrontal cortex \| Neurobiology of working memory \| Neurophysiology of memory \| Rhinal cortex \| Synapses \|[[]] \|
Neurochemistry of memory
Glutamatergic system \| of short term memory \| [[]] \|[[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \|[[]] \|
Developmental aspects of memory
Prenatal memory \| \|Childhood memory \| Memory and aging \| [[]] \| [[]] \|
Memory in clinical settings
Alcohol amnestic disorder \| Amnesia \| Dissociative fugue \| False memory syndrome \| False memory \| Hyperthymesia \| Memory and aging \| Memory disorders \| Memory distrust syndrome Repressed memory Traumatic memory \|
Retention measures
Benton \| CAMPROMPT \| Implicit memory testing \| Indirect tests of memory \| MAS \| Memory tests for children \| MERMER \| Rey-15 \| Rivermead \| TOMM \| Wechsler \| WMT \| WRAML2 \|
Treating memory problems
CBT \| EMDR \| Psychotherapy \| Recovered memory therapy \|Reminiscence therapy \| Memory clinic \| Memory training \| Rewind technique \|
Prominant workers in memory\|-
Baddeley \| Broadbent \|Ebbinghaus \| Kandel \|McGaugh \| Schacter \| Treisman \| Tulving \|
Philosophy and historical views of memory
Aristotle \| [[]] \|[[]] \|[[]] \|[[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \|
Miscellaneous
Journals \| Learning, Memory, and Cognition \|Journal of Memory and Language \|Memory \|Memory and Cognition \| [[]] \| [[]] \| [[]] \|

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Wechsler Memory Scale

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