A PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL ON THE WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE - REVISED

A methodology to assist in distinguishing deficient memory storage fro m compromised retrieval operations is presented for use with the Logic al Memory (LM) and Visual Reproduction (VR) subtests of the Wechsler M emory Scale - Revised (WMS-R; Wechsler; 1987). A 21-item five-option m ultiple choice recognition test for LM and a cuing technique for VR ar e presented, followed by descriptive data bared on a sample of 94 psyc hiatric inpatients (mired diagnoses) and a sample of 99 brain-injured (BI) patients. The BI sample performed worse than the psychiatric samp le on all of the LM and VR measures, with VR-CUED showing the highest degree of discrimination. In both groups, many subjects initially acqu ired much more information than they reported during the standard free recall format. The supplemental scoring format and reference data rep orted herein provide clinically useful information regarding a person' s ability to store and access new information.