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2015

Psychology

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Detection Of Traumatic Brain Injury With The Picture Memory Interference Test In College Students, Bryce Erich Jan 2015

Detection Of Traumatic Brain Injury With The Picture Memory Interference Test In College Students, Bryce Erich

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The purpose of this study was to examine potential effects of head-injury on individuals’ performance on the Picture Memory Interference Test (PMIT). This study examined differences in the performance of college-aged students with and without a history of head-injury on the PMIT. Data was drawn from an archival dataset of PMIT completions held at UCLA and analyzed with permission. From the total dataset of 12,227 completions, experimental groups were derived and separated based upon assumed severity of head-injury, based upon self-report data. Following exclusions, the final data sub-set for analysis consisted of 6,897 unique completions of the PMIT. Of these, …