TIPS Performance Relates to:
• Executive function
• Working memory
• Auditory processing, visual processing
• Learning / retaining /organizing / using new information
TIPS assesses:
• How a person (age 5 through 90+) processes information that is either seen or heard
• How much information is retained (short term, working memory and delayed recall)
• How it is retained (in the sequence presented or in a scrambled order)
• The effects of interference on recall
• Semantic fluency
Short-term and working memory responses show differences between sequenced and non-sequenced retention (a hallmark of those with learning disabilities).
Error analyses (Proactive Inhibition and Auditory Intrusion) document the extent to which new information is lost or its retention is inhibited.
Administration and Scoring
The TIPS can be administered in about 30 minutes. Processing is assessed in two modalities (Visual and Auditory) and three recall conditions using strings of two to nine non-rhyming letters. Sequential and non-sequential scores are obtained; standard scores and percentile ranks are provided.
The Scoring Tutorial
The Scoring Tutorial provided in the manual walks the new user through the scoring procedures and includes a Practice Exercise with an Annotated Key.
TIPS Subtests
Visual and Auditory Modality
• Letter Strings are presented and the letters are recalled immediately, then recalled after an interference task (counting), then recalled again after a longer interference task (repeating a sentence)
• Scores differentiate sequenced vs non-sequenced recall (letters recalled in the exact sequence as presented vs letters recalled out of sequence)
• Error analysis provide measures of Acoustic Intrusion and Proactive Interference effects
Delayed Recall Subtest
Animal or fruits from the interference sentences are recalled
Semantic Fluency Subtest
• Word lists are generated orally within one-minute spans
• Word lists are written within one-minute spans
The TIPS Protocol
The TIPS protocol provides a detailed summary of how one processes new information presented visually or auditorily. An easy-to-use format facilitates score calculations.
About the author:
In 2006, Dr. Raymond Webster joined the medical staff at East Carolina Neurology, the largest private medical neurology group in eastern North Carolina, as a consulting neuropsychologist. For 23 years prior to that, he was a professor of psychology and Director of Graduate Studies at East Carolina University, where he is now Professor Emeritus.
Test Kit Includes:
• Manual
• 25 Test Booklets
• Auditory Figure-ground CD
