Correlational analysis of performance on 22 neuropsychological tests by 58 patients with presumed dementia of the Alzheimer type and 58 with presumed multi-infarct dementia suggested that drawing designs from memory in dementia assesses visual-perceptual, constructional, and executive abilities more than memory.
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