The capacities of 4 types of visual-motor test items to separate 32 brain-damaged from 32 control psychiatric patients were compared. The formats were (a) reproduction from memory, (b) copying, (c) multiple-choice recognition from memory, and (d) multiple-choice identification. Only one formar, reproduction from memory, showed promise.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AdamsJ.RushtonS. Y.Immediate and delayed responses from memory in brain-damaged parients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971, 37, 305.
BreidtR.Moglichteiten des Benton-Tests in der untersuchung psycho-organischer Storungen nach Hirnverletzungen. Archives of Psychology, 1970, 122, 314–326.
HeilbrunA. B.Specificity of immediate memory function associated with cerebral cortex damage. Journal of Mental Science, 1960, 106, 241–245.
7.
NickolsJ.Mental deficit, schizophrenia and the Benton test. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1963, 136, 279–282.
8.
SterneD. M.The Benton, Porteus and WAIS Digit Span tests with normal and brain-injured subjects. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1969, 25, 173–175.
9.
VelborskyJ.Der Benton-Test in der klinischen Praxis. Diagnostica, 1964, 10, 91–102.
10.
WatsonC. G.WAIS profile patterns of hospitalized brain-damaged and schizophrenic patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1965, 21, 294–295.
11.
WatsonC. G.The separation of NP hospital organics with three visual motor screening tests. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1968, 24, 412–414.
12.
WatsonC. G.KlettW. G.The Henmon-Nelson, Cardall-Miles, Slosson, and Quick Tests as predictors of WAIS IQ. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975, 31, 310–313.
13.
WatsonC. G.ThomasR. W.FellingJ.AndersenD.Differentiation of organics from schizophrenics with the Trail Making, dynamometer, critical flicker fusion and light-intensity matching tests. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1969, 25, 130–133.
14.
WatsonC. G.UeckerA. E.An attempted cross-validation of the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 1966, 30, 461.
