APA Dictionary of Psychology

a neuropsychological test battery used to determine the presence, type, and severity of aphasia. The 11 subtests, assessing various aspects of expressive and receptive language function, include Visual Naming, Sentence Repetition, a Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Oral Spelling, Written Spelling, Block Spelling, a Token Test, Aural Comprehension of Words and Phrases, Reading Comprehension of Words and Phrases, Rating of Articulation, and Rating of Praxic Features of Writing. The MAE was originally developed in 1978 and is now in its third edition (published in 1994). Despite the implications of its name, the MAE currently is available only in English and Spanish versions. [developed by U.S. psychologists Arthur L. Benton, Kerry deS. Hamsher (1946–  ), and Abigail B. Sivan (1943–  )]