WRAML

Question 1

Verbal Memory Index

Answer 1

an estimate of how well the client can learn and recall both meaningful verbal information and relatively rote verbal information

is correlated with abilities for everyday tasks

remembering stories, conversations, or information from lectures

Related academic tasks can include the ability to recall the content of information that was read earlier, the ability to learn lists of scientific terms, or the ability to remember vocabulary words.

Question 2

Visual Memory Index

Answer 2

an estimate of how well the client can learn and recall both meaningful (i.e., pictorial) and minimally related, rote (i.e., design) visual information

(e.g., remembering the layout of the town visited a while ago, identifying different car models, remembering the location of states on a map). Related academic tasks can include the recall of information from the chalkboard,

Question 3

Attention/Concentration Index

Answer 3

The Attention/Concentration Index is an estimate of how well the client can learn and recall relatively nonmeaningful rote, sequential information

More specifically, performance on the Attention/Concentration Index is correlated with performance on everyday tasks

remembering a dictated telephone number until it can be written down

Related academic tasks can include learning phonetically irregular spelling words and following the specific details and/or a sequence of oral directions.

Question 4

Working Memory

Answer 4

an estimate of how well the client can operate on and retain information that is held in the short-term memory buffer.

For example, working memory skills are required to reorganize and remember when listening to an automated operator

Question 5

Verbal Recognition Index

Answer 5

an estimate of how well the client can recognize specific verbal information that was presented previously during this testing session

Question 6

Visual Recognition Index

Answer 6

an estimate of how well the client can recognize specific nonverbal or visual information that was presented previously in the session

Question 7

General Recognition Index

Answer 7

an estimate of how well the client can recognize specific verbal and visual information that was presented previously