Abstract
The Cooper-Barnes technique for scoring two-dimensional reproductions of visual stimuli was applied to the scoring of Bender-Gestalt drawings of 40 neurologically damaged Ss. The Bender scores obtained were significantly correlated with reliable ratings of severity of psycho-neurological damage. Neither the severity nor the Bender scores were significantly correlated with age. Although the severity score was not significantly correlated with IQ, the correlation between the Bender score and IQ was significant in a negative direction. This significant correlation is thought to reflect the observation that deficiency in IQ is related to the extent of organic damage which in turn is related to the magnitude of the errors found in Bender drawings.
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