Neuropsychological Assessment of Memory in Preschoolers

Memory is of fundamental importance for cognitive, social, and educational function, making it a target for neuropsychological assessment. The subject of this review is one particular type of memory, namely, episodic memory of unique events and experiences. Episodic memory allows for rapid, even one...

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Published in:Neuropsychology review 2012-12, Vol.22 (4), p.414-424
Main Authors: Bauer, Patricia J., Leventon, Jacqueline S., Varga, Nicole L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Child
Child Development - physiology
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Memory
Memory - classification
Memory - physiology
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Preschool children
Review
Semantics
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Summary:Memory is of fundamental importance for cognitive, social, and educational function, making it a target for neuropsychological assessment. The subject of this review is one particular type of memory, namely, episodic memory of unique events and experiences. Episodic memory allows for rapid, even one-trial learning of new information and retention of it for later retrieval. It depends on a particular neural substrate that undergoes a protracted developmental course. The review features discussion of some of the challenges associated with valid assessment of this specific form of memory in the preschool period, as well as a description and critical evaluation of available standardized measures. It also features description of two new approaches to assessment of episodic memory and their sensitivity to memory-specific deficits in the preschool years and in infancy. The review ends with introduction of the NIH Toolbox Picture Sequence Memory Test, designed as a measure of episodic memory in the preschool years and beyond.
ISSN:1040-7308
1573-6660
DOI:10.1007/s11065-012-9219-9