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Contextual Memory Test (CMT)

By Joan Toglia PhD, OTR/L Assessment of Memory Awareness and Strategies

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CMT2-. Initial online prototype version will be available. Both adult and children versions

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Press above link to register at CMT-2 website (separate website)

Choose from 4 Scenes:

1. Restaurant (Adult or Children) 2. Morning (adult) 3. Morning - (children) 4.School (children)

Automatic Summary and Narrative report is generated.

See FAQ’s for additional information

Components of the Contextual Memory Test

  • Awareness before and after the task

    • General questioning

    • Specific prediction/estimation

  • Recall of 20 Objects

    • Immediate Recall

    • Delayed Recall

  • Spontaneous Strategy Use

    • Strategy probing & analysis of recall order

  • Part II - Theme can be Provided (Induced Encoding) or Test-Teach-Retest Format can be used as indicated below

    The original CMT is No Longer Available from Publisher -  The Web version (CMT-2) is in a Pilot Phase and is available Free of Charge. A PAPER version of the CMT-2 with laminated Test Plates AND RECORDING FORMS will be Available SOON on this website.


CMT can also be used with a Test-Teach — Retest Dynamic Format

Mediation & Strategy Generation - Immediately After Baseline or Test 1, followed by retest with a different version

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Initial Research & Publications on the Contextual Memory Test


Journal Articles that include studies using the CMT

Chang, L. H., Chen, P. Y., Wang, J., Shih, B. H., Tseng, Y. H., & Mao, H. F. (2021). High-ecological cognitive intervention to improve cognitive skills and cognitive–functional performance for older adults with mild cognitive impairment. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy75(5).

Dirette, D. P. (2015). A comparison of self-generated versus taught internal strategies for working memory. NeuroRehabilitation36(2), 187-194.

Engel-Yeger, B, Durr, D.H. & Josman, N. (2010). Comparison of memory and meta-memory abilities of children with cochlear implant and normal hearing peers. Disability and Rehabilitation, (Aug) 1-8

Goverover, Y., Chiaravalloti, N., Genova, H., & DeLuca, J. (2018). A randomized controlled trial to treat impaired learning and memory in multiple sclerosis: The self-GEN trial. Multiple Sclerosis Journal24(8), 1096-1104.

Goverover, Y., Sharan, S., Krupp, L., & DeLuca, J. (2024). Exploring the Efficacy of a Remote Strategy-Based Intervention for People With Multiple Sclerosis With Everyday Memory Impairments: A Pilot Study. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(4), 7804205020.

ViShnuPRiya, V., SANKAR, G. U., & RaVikuMaR, M. (2024). Effectiveness of an Occupational Therapy Memory Strategy Education Group Intervention on Memory Difficulties and Activities of Daily Living Performance among the Geriatric Population: A Quasi-experimental Study. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 18(1).

Yang, S. Y., Lin, Y. C., Lee, Y. C., Hsieh, P. L., & Lin, Y. L. (2022). Board Game Intervention to Improve Cognitive and Daily Functioning in Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Gerontology16(4).

CMT Book Chapter

Raphael-Greenfield, E., Toglia, J., Hartman, A. (2020). The Contextual Memory Test. In B. J. Hemphill-Pearson and C. K. Urish (Eds.) Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health: An Integrative Approach (4th Ed.). Slack Inc: Thorofare, NJ.


 

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