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Prose memory assessment has been used in neuropsychology since the first intelligence tests were developed in the 20th century (Yerkes, 1921). In the current study, a new method (Poreh’s Adaptation of Yerkes’ Logical Prose, PAYLP) for administering the Anna Thompson prose memory assessment was created by presenting the story three times to a sample of older adults. The researchers hypothesized that the multiple trial presentation of PAYLP would produce a positive logarithmic learning curve, and that participants would have the best memory performance on Trial 3 of the PAYLP. It was also hypothesized that age and education would correlate with PAYLP performance. A 3x3 repeated measures ANOVA (n=35) indicated a significant main effect of PAYLP Trial on memory performance. Paired samples t- tests showed significantly better performance on Trial 3 in comparison to both Trial 2 and Trial 1. There were significant learning curves for PAYLP (R^2 =.9979) and PNMT (R^2 =.9564). There were no significant correlations between education or age on PAYLP performance. The results suggest that significant learning for prose does occur with three trial presentation. Future research with a larger sample size and participants with brain injury are needed to establish whether this new adaptation accurately predicts memory and learning in comparison to the single trial presentation paradigm. |
