Visual-Spatial Memory and Recall Test (V-SMART): validity and reliability

Vik, Peter W.; Legarreta, Margaret; Riffel, Sarah

doi:10.1080/13854046.2017.1380845

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“…The V-SMART ( Vik et al, 2018 ) was developed to address perceived limitations of the VSLT ( Malec et al, 1991 ) detailed above, but the clinical utility of the test has not yet been established. This test, however, like the VSLT, relies on abstract stimuli to assess recognition memory for visual material, likely reducing its “real” clinical utility.…”

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The challenge of neuropsychological assessment of visual/visuo-spatial memory: A critical, historical review, and lessons for the present and future

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A proliferation of tests exists for the assessment of auditory-verbal memory processes. However, from a clinical practice perspective, the situation is less clear when it comes to the ready availability of reliable and valid tests for the evaluation of visual/visuo-spatial memory processes. While, at face value, there appear to be a wide range of available tests of visual/visuo-spatial memory, utilizing different types of materials and assessment strategies, a number of criticisms have been, and arguably should be, leveled at the majority of these tests. The criticisms that have been directed toward what are typically considered to be visual/visuo-spatial memory tests, such as (1) the potential for verbal mediation, (2) over-abstraction of stimuli, (3) the requirement of a drawing response, and (4) the lack of sensitivity to unilateral brain lesions, mean that, in reality, the number of readily available valid tests of visual/visuo-spatial memory is, at best, limited. This article offers a critical, historical review on the existing measures and resources for the neuropsychological assessment of visual/visuo-spatial memory, and it showcases some examples of newer tests that have aimed to overcome the challenges of assessing these important aspects of memory. The article also identifies new trends and examples of how technological advances such as virtual reality may add value to overcome previous obstacles to assessment, thereby offering professionals more reliable, accurate means to evaluate visual/visuo-spatial memory in clinical practice.

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The challenge of neuropsychological assessment of visual/visuo-spatial memory: A critical, historical review, and lessons for the present and future

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Assessment-related anxiety among older adults: associations with neuropsychological test performance

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2021

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

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Visual-Spatial Memory and Recall Test (V-SMART): validity and reliability

Abstract: These preliminary findings support the V-SMART as a visuospatial memory test. Evidence for validity was acceptable for learning indices; further examination of recall measures is needed.

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The challenge of neuropsychological assessment of visual/visuo-spatial memory: A critical, historical review, and lessons for the present and future

The challenge of neuropsychological assessment of visual/visuo-spatial memory: A critical, historical review, and lessons for the present and future

Assessment-related anxiety among older adults: associations with neuropsychological test performance

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