Bender gestalt test

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Ben·der Vis·u·al Mo·tor Ges·talt test

(ben'dĕr),

a psychological test used by neurologists and clinical psychologists to measure a person's ability to visually copy a set of geometric designs; useful for measuring visuospatial and visuomotor coordination to detect brain damage.

Synonym(s): Bender gestalt test

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Ben·der ge·stalt test

(ben'dĕr gesh-tahlt' test)

A psychological test used by neurologists and clinical psychologists to measure a person's ability to copy visually a set of geometric designs; useful for measuring visuospatial and visuomotor coordination to detect brain damage.

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Bender,

Lauretta, U.S. psychiatrist, 1897-1987.

Bender gestalt test - a psychological test used for measuring visuospatial and visuomotor coordination to detect brain damage. Synonym(s): Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test

Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test - Synonym(s): Bender gestalt test

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The Bender Gestalt test was applied to compare visual motor integration skills between the two groups.

WISC-R, Gessell Figure Drawing Test and Bender Gestalt test results of the groups SLD (n = 30) BIF(n = 30) WISC-R VSIQ 84.76 [+ or -] 7.74 72.80 [+ or -] 4.85 PSIQ 101.83 [+ or -] 7.87 81.90 [+ or -] 7.04 FSIQ 92.53 [+ or -] 5.41 75.40 [+ or -] 3.45 Gessell Figure Drawing Test Successful 8 (26%) 4 (13%) Considered successful 5 (16%) 5 (15%) Considered unsuccessful 3 (10%) 3 (10%) Unsuccessful 14 (46%) 18 (60%) Bender-Gestalt Test 6 (1-10) 7 (2-14) P WISC-R VSIQ PSIQ FSIQ Gessell Figure Drawing Test Successful 1.833 * 0.68 Considered successful Considered unsuccessful Unsuccessful Bender-Gestalt Test -2.124 ** 0.05 WISC-R: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised; SLD: specific learning disorder; BIF: borderline intellectual functioning.

Investigation of distinctive characteristics of children with specific learning disorder and borderline intellectual functioning

Bender Gestalt test continued to show organicity as simplification, inversion and closure difficulty was noted.

Dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue--a case report with 1-year followup

Koppitz developmental scoring system for the Bender gestalt test (KOPPITZ-2).

Estudio comparativo del acuerdo y consistencia intercalificadores en el test gestaltico visomotor de bender 2.a edicion

The Bender Gestalt Test as a group screening instrument for first grade reading potential.

Incremental validity for the modified bender gestalt test in children commencing first grade/Validez incremental del test gestaltico de bender modificado, en ninos que inician el primer grado/Validade incremental do teste gestaltico de bender modificado, em criancas comecando a 1a serie do ensino fundamental

Subjects and Method: The study is based upon deviation patterns of Bender Gestalt Test protocols of 90 schizophrenic, brain damaged and normal (30 in each group) males in the age range of 20-60 years.

DIFFERENTIAL PERFORMANCE PATTERNS ON BENDER GESTALT TEST AMONG SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS, BRAIN DAMAGED AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

Bender (1938), Pascal-Suttell (1951), and Hutt (1969, 1977) attempted to relate specific deviations on Bender Gestalt Test to clinical diagnostic categories.

DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BRAIN DAMAGED INDIVIDUALS ON BENDER GESTALT TEST