Test-retest IQ changes of epilepsy patients: assessing the influence of practice effects.

Journal of clinical neuropsychology Pub Date : 1981-10-01 DOI:10.1080/01688638108403128

M Seidenberg, D S O'Leary, B Giordani, S Berent, T J Boll

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A number of recent studies have emphasized the role of practice effect on test-retest changes in performance often seen on neuropsychological tests. An attempt is made to separate the influence of practice effect from other functional changes in the test-retest differences observed on the WAIS for a sample of adult epilepsy patients. Fifty-eight epilepsy patients were divided into three groups based on their WAIS test-retest score changes. Their corresponding test-retest performance on the Halstead-Reitan Battery and changes in seizure frequency were compared and analyzed. Results indicated that there was a correspondence between improvement in neuropsychological test performance, reduced seizure frequency, and improvement on the WAIS. It was concluded that test-retest changes in neuropsychological test performance reflected changes in psychological functioning of these individuals rather than the influence of practice effect. Some general issues relating to the question of disentangling the influence of practice effect from other functional changes in status were raised and discussed.

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癫痫患者重测智商变化:评估练习效果的影响。

最近的一些研究强调了练习效应在神经心理学测试中经常出现的重试表现变化中的作用。在一组成人癫痫患者的WAIS复测差异中，我们试图将实践效应的影响与其他功能变化分离开来。将58例癫痫患者根据WAIS重测得分的变化分为三组。对比分析两种药物在霍尔斯特德-雷坦电池上的重测性能和癫痫发作频率的变化。结果表明，神经心理测试表现的改善、癫痫发作频率的降低和WAIS的改善之间存在对应关系。结果表明，重试时神经心理测试成绩的变化反映的是个体心理功能的变化，而非练习效应的影响。提出并讨论了有关将实践效应的影响与地位的其他功能变化区分开来的一些一般性问题。

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