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Performance of normal adults on the Matching Familiar Figures Test
Author(s) -
Broek M. D.,
Bradshaw C. M.,
Szabadi E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb00730.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , matching (statistics) , developmental psychology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , biology
Seventy‐seven subjects underwent the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Mean latency to the first response ( L ) and square‐root‐transformed error score ( T ) on the MFFT were normally distributed in the sample. T was correlated positively with age and negatively with IQ; L was not significantly correlated with either. Orthogonal ‘ impulsiveness’ ( I ) and ‘ efficiency’ ( E ) indices were derived from the standard scores for L ( zL ) and T ( zT ) using the formulae I = zT – zE , and E = – ( zT + zL ). The interpretation of I and E , and the potential usefulness of the MFFT as a neuropsychological test, are discussed.