Comparison of Two Tests of Brain Damage
- 1 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 20 (3) , 977-980
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1965.20.3.977
Abstract
The Bender-Gestalt (B-G) and the Memory-for-Designs (MFD) test by Graham & Kendall were administered to 60 “first admissions” to a state mental hospital and then scored by four raters for indications of brain damage. Results of the MFD and B-G ratings were compared with the brain-damage criterion, hospital staff diagnosis of either “organic” or “non-organic.” The validity coefficients of the B-G (.55) and the MFD (.67) were not significantly different, but scorer agreement on the MFD was significantly higher than on the B-G. The easier-to-score MFD thus may provide a more effective rough measure of brain damage than the B-G, especially when used by relatively inexperienced clinicians.Keywords
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