开发一个真实世界模拟仪器来评估视觉空间工作记忆:对老年人的初步心理测量研究
Zahra Mirchi1, Mohammad Taghi Kheirkhah2, Reza Khosrowabadi3
1Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
BMC geriatrics
|June 24, 2024
概括
空间记忆表 (SMT) 是一种可靠和有效的工具,用于评估老年人视觉空间工作记忆 (VSWM),桥梁实验室和现实世界的设置. 它还在区分健康个体和轻度认知障碍或阿尔茨海默病患者方面表现有前途.
科学领域:
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 神经心理学评估往往缺乏现实世界的适用性,可能会误解个体的功能状态.
- 在受控环境中的视觉空间工作记忆 (VSWM) 评估可能无法捕捉其现实生活中的复杂性.
- 在评估中平衡生态有效性和内部一致性是一个持续的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证空间记忆表 (SMT),这是对老年人VSWM的中间评估工具.
- 创建一个措施,弥合实验室和现实世界VSWM评估之间的差距.
- 预先调查空间认知中的人口变化.
主要方法:
- 这项研究涉及77名健康的老年人,8人患有轻度认知障碍 (MCI),7人患有阿尔茨海默氏症 (AD).
- 参与者填写了路径调查问卷 (WQ),科尔西区块点击任务 (CBTT) 和新的空间记忆表 (SMT).
- 严格分析了SMT的心理测量特性,包括可靠性和各种形式的有效性.
主要成果:
- SMT显示了可接受的测试-重试 (r=.753) 和分半 (ρSC=.747) 的可靠性.
- 同步,收和已知组的有效性得到了CBTT,WQ分级和诊断组 (MCI/AD) 的相关性支持.
- 在导航,定向和空间焦虑方面发现了显著的性别差异,但在教育水平之间没有.
结论:
- 空间记忆表 (SMT) 是一种用于测量老年人VSWM的心理测量仪器.
- 该SMT有效地平衡了实验室严谨性与对VSWM评估的生态相关性.
- 该SMT显示了初步能力,以区分健康的老年人和那些认知障碍 (MCI/AD).
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