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Luria's neuropsychological investigation in organic brain syndrome
Author(s) -
Sharma S.,
Nandkumar V. K.,
Mazumdar M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1981.tb00692.x
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , bender gestalt test , population , psychology , proband , organic brain syndrome , neuropsychological test , psychiatry , audiology , medicine , cognition , projective test , biology , genetics , environmental health , psychoanalysis , mutation , gene
A controlled study was conducted on 25 patients diagnosed to be suffering from organic brain syndrome. Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation was administered to detect organicity and to determine its locus. The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test served as a control. Luria's test confirmed organicity in all of the proband population and in none of the controls. It also indicated probable locus of the lesion. Administration of Luria's test on a larger population with equivocal cases is suggested.