A group of 50 sets of geometric designs was administered to 24 children diagnosed as brain-injured by a physician and 24 control children who were matched on sex, age, and verbal ability as determined by a vocabulary test. Two administrations of the test were given to each child. The first time children were presented with a stimulus design and after a 5-sec. interval asked to select the same design from four alternatives on a second card. The second administration involved marching the stimulus design with one of the four alternatives with the stimulus card still in view. The difference in performance between the two groups under both conditions was significant (p < .001).
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