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Warrington Recognition Memory Test

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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The Recognition Memory Task by Warrington consists of two recognition tasks. One is recognition of words and the other is recognition of faces. It takes approximately 15 min to administer.

Historical Background

The Recognition Memory Test was designed to quickly assess material-specific memory deficits. Both verbal and nonverbal memory are tested in order to allow clinicians to make judgments about lateralization of brain damage, right hemisphere versus left hemisphere. It has been criticized for poor reliability and poor specificity (see Sweet, Demakis, Ricker, & Millis, 2000).

Psychometric Data

Normative data is included on 300 individuals aged 18–70 years in the test package provided by Western Psychological Services. Test–retest reliability for the faces subtest was reported to be 0.81, and validity was reported to be moderate (Soukup, Bimbela, & Schiess, 1999).

Clinical Uses

It is a brief screening test of verbal and nonverbal memory that is designed for use in a wide...

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References and Readings

  • Kim, M., Boone, K., Victor, T., Marion, S., Amano, S., Cottingham, M., et al. (2009). The Warrington Recognition Memory Test for words as a measure of response bias: Total score and response time cutoffs developed on “real world” credible and noncredible subjects. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 10.

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  • Millis, S. (2002). Warrington’s recognition memory test in the detection of response bias. Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology, 2, 147–166.

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  • Soukup, V., Bimbela, A., & Schiess, M. (1999). Recognition memory for faces: Reliability and validity of the Warrington Recognition Memory Test in a neurological sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 6, 287–293.

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  • Sweet, J., Demakis, G., Ricker, J., & Millis, S. (2000). Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15, 301–309.

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  1. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Trinity College, 6106, Hartford, CT, USA

    Sarah Raskin

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

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  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Raskin, S. (2011). Warrington Recognition Memory Test. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1162

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