Editing Visual memory (section)

=== Benton visual retention test ===
[[File:BVRT.JPG|thumb|An example of the Benton Visual Retention Test. The target [[Stimulus (physiology)|stimulus]] is presented at the top, after a delay participants are asked to recall the correct target stimulus from the list of design cards.]]

The [[Benton Visual Retention Test]] is an assessment of [[visual perception]], and visual memory [[Intelligence|abilities]].<ref name="Pearson">Benton visual retention test,® fifth edition. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=015-8027-507&Mode=summary</ref> More than 50 years of proven clinical use is the staple of the Benton Visual Retention Test.<ref name="Pearson" /> This test has proven its [[Sensitivity and specificity|sensitivity]] to [[Reading disability|reading disabilities]], [[Nonverbal learning disorder|nonverbal learning disabilities]], [[traumatic brain injury]], [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|attention-deficit disorder]], [[Alzheimer's disease|alzheimer's]], and other forms of [[dementia]].<ref name="Pearson" /> During testing participants are presented with 10 cards for 10 seconds with unique designs on each.<ref name="BVRT">{{cite journal |last1=Seo |first1=E. H. |last2=Lee |first2=D. Y. |last3=Choo |first3=I. H. |last4=Youn |first4=J. C. |last5=Kim |first5=K. W. |last6=Jhoo |first6=J. H. |last7=Suh |first7=K. W. |last8=Paek |first8=Y. S. |last9=Jun |first9=Y. H. |last10=Woo |first10=J. I. |title=Performance on the Benton Visual Retention Test in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population |journal=The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences |date=2007 |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=P191–P193 |doi=10.1093/geronb/62.3.p191 |pmid=17507588 |url=http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/3/P191.full.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref> After the time has passed participants are asked to immediately reproduce the designs from each card using their visual memory.<ref name="BVRT" /> In the second stage participants are asked to copy each of the 10 card designs while the cards are in view.<ref name="BVRT" /> The participants results from each task are then assessed and placed into six categories; omissions, [[distortion]]s, preservations, [[rotation]]s, misplacements, and sizing errors.<ref name="BVRT" /> The further the participant's [[Test score|scores]] varies from the averages provided in the Benton Visual Retention Test manual the worse the participant is assessed to be on visual memory ability.<ref name="BVRT" /> The Benton Visual Retention Test has proved to be a generalizable test with the ability to be accurately administered to participants aged 8-adult,<ref name="Pearson" /> and no gender effect.<ref name="BVRT" /> Some studies have suggested a significant [[gender]] and [[education]] [[Interaction (statistics)|interaction]] indicating that an age-associated decline in visual memory performance may be more prominent for those individuals with a lower [[education]] level.<ref name="BVRT" />