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Correspondence and reprint requests to: Sureyya S. Dikmen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359612, Seattle, WA 98104. dikmen@uw.edu

Dr. Dikmen receives research grant funding from NIH R01 NS058302 and R01HD061400, NIDRR H133A080035, NIDRR H133G090022, and NIDRR, H133A980023, and DoD W81XWH-0802-0159.

Dr. Bauer serves as a member of the editorial board for the journal Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, as Associate Editor for the journals Developmental Review and Memory, and as Editor of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, for which she receives a stipend. She has received royalties from the publication of Memory in Infancy and Beyond (2007, Erlbaum), and Advances in Child Development and Behavior (Volumes 37 and 38, 2009 and 2010, respectively; Elsevier); and is funded by NIH grants HD067359, HD074724, and HD071845.

Dr. Mungas is funded by research grants from the National Institute on Aging and a grant from the California Department of Public Health California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers program.

Dr. Weintraub is funded by NIH grants # R01DC008552, P30AG013854, and the Ken and Ruth Davee Foundation and conducts clinical neuropsychological evaluations (35% effort) for which her academic-based practice clinic bills. She serves on the editorial board of Dementia & Neuropsychologia and advisory boards of the Turkish Journal of Neurology and Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Dr. Slotkin reports no disclosures.

Ms. Beaumont served as a consultant for NorthShore University HealthSystem, FACIT.org, and Georgia Gastroenterology Group PC. She received funding for travel as an invited speaker at the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Symposium.

Dr. Gershon has received personal compensation for activities as a speaker and consultant with Sylvan Learning, Rockman, and the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. He has several grants awarded by NIH: N01-AG-6-0007, 1U5AR057943-01, HHSN260200600007, 1U01DK082342-01, AG-260-06-01, HD05469, NINDS: U01 NS 056 975 02, NHLBI K23: K23HL085766 NIA; 1RC2AG036498-01; NIDRR: H133B090024, OppNet: N01-AG-6-0007.

Dr. Temkin is funded by grants from NIH, CDC, NIDRR, DOD, VA, and MS Society. She serves on Data and Safety Monitoring Committees for several pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Heaton is funded by NIH grants # P30MH062512, HHSN271201000036C, R01MH92225, R01MH094160, and P50DA026306. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society and The Clinical Neuropsychologist.

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Research Funding:

This study is funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHS-N-260-2006-00007-C.

Keywords:

  • Science & Technology
  • Social Sciences
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Neurosciences
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Neurosciences & Neurology
  • Episodic memory
  • Learning
  • Test development
  • NIH toolbox
  • Validation
  • Cognition
  • DEFERRED IMITATION
  • NEUROSCIENCE
  • INFANCY
  • LESIONS
  • EVENTS
  • RECALL

Measuring Episodic Memory Across the Lifespan: NIH Toolbox Picture Sequence Memory Test

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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

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Volume 20, Number 6

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, Pages 611-619

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

Episodic memory is one of the most important cognitive domains that involves acquiring, storing and recalling new information. In this article, we describe a new measure developed for the NIH Toolbox, called the Picture Sequence Memory Test (PSMT) that is the first to examine episodic memory across the age range from 3 to 85. We describe the development of the measure and present validation data for ages 20 to 85. The PSMT involves presentation of sequences of pictured objects and activities in a fixed order on a computer screen and simultaneously verbally described, that the participant must remember and then reproduce over three learning trials. The results indicate good test-retest reliability and construct validity. Performance is strongly related to well-established gold standard measures of episodic memory and, as expected, much less well correlated with those of a measure of vocabulary. It shows clear decline with aging in parallel with a gold standard summary measure and relates to several other demographic factors and to self-reported general health status. The PSMT appears to be a reliable and valid test of episodic memory for adults, a finding similar to those found for the same measure with children.

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© 2014 The International Neuropsychological Society.

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