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MAS
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The Memory Assessment Scales (MAS) is an individually administered set of measures designed to evaluate memory functions in persons aged 18–70+. Introduced in 1991, it incorporates a battery of tasks, addressing three areas of cognitive functioning fundamental to the assessment of memory, namely, (1) attention, concentration, and short-term memory, (2) learning and immediate memory, and (3) delayed recall. Separate verbal and nonverbal tasks measure material-specific memory skill. The MAS includes a total of 12 subtests yielding subtest scores, which combine into three summary scores describing examinees’ short-term memory, verbal memory, and visual memory skills. A global memory scale score is computed as an aggregate summary of the visual and verbal memory indices. The measure in its entirety can be administered in 40–45 min.
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According to the manual, the original design of the MAS emerged in 1981 from a review of relevant literature in...
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Sandberg, M.A. (2018). Memory Assessment Scales. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_197
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