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Seashore Rhythm Test

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Rhythm test; SRT

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The Seashore Rhythm Test (SRT) requires examinees to discriminate between like and unlike pairs of musical beats. Examinees are required to differentiate between 30 pairs of rhythmic beats. The beats or stimuli are presented to examinees from a tape recorder. After listening to one pair at a time, examinees write S on their answer sheets if they think the two beats sounded the same or D if they think the beats were different.

Historical Background

Originally, as a subtest of the Seashore Test of Musical Talent, Ward Halstead integrated the SRT into his test battery in 1947. The test was originally thought to be sensitive to impairment in the right hemisphere; however, most studies found no difference between patients with lesions of the right or the left cerebral hemisphere (Hom and Reitan 1990; Reitan and Wolfson 1989).

Psychometric Data

The raw error score is translated into a rank score as shown in a table in the manual. If an examinee has...

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  • Bornstein, R. A. (1985). Normative data on selected neuropsychological measures form a nonclinical sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 651–659.

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  1. Neuropsychology, Comprehensive Medpsych Systems, 1090 S., Sarasota, FL, 34236, USA

    John E. Meyers

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    John DeLuca

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Meyers, J.E. (2017). Seashore Rhythm Test. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_212-2

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